Posted on 02/09/2009 2:49:35 PM PST by Marauder
States Tell Feds: “Back Off!”
Legislatures Cite 10th Amendment In Strong Reminder To D.C.
Lancaster, PA (February 7, 2009) A growing number of state legislatures across the country have put the federal government on notice that the United States Constitution gives states the authority to say: “Thus far and no farther!”
Bills introduced in states, including Washington, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Arizona, defend state sovereignty as guaranteed by the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution which states: .... The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The Constitution Party supports and encourages the effort of individual states to re-affirm that the U.S. Constitution explicitly guarantees certain rights cannot be usurped by the federal government. “The state sovereignty movement is picking up steam,” noted Constitution Party National Committee Chairman Jim Clymer. “The duopoly that controls our federal government has gotten out of hand. Republicans and Democrats alike have been guilty of trampling states’ rights for generations. Finally, elected officials in state legislatures across the country are pushing back,” Clymer added.
D.C.’s blatant disregard for the Constitution has raised the hackles of responsible elected state officials. The effort to restore State Sovereignty is gaining momentum.
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We lost state sovereignty with the 17th Amendment.
Man, when the state of Washington says the fedgov has gone too far, it’s really bad...
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Like my Mom used to say, “Follow the money.”
And we can reassert it with the 2nd.
THIS is the KEY; prohibitions by the STATES to stop Congress from mortgaging our great-grandchildres' futures, and remove their meddling from our personal lives.
Unfortunately, you could expect the USSC to protect the Congress, by some tortured interpretaion of those words in the Constitution, as they've been doing a LOT of that over the past several years, re-inventing the Founders' intent.
My understanding is that Libertarians in various States have introduced this legislation but in no State is it expected to go anywhere.
They should have done this in 1934. Might be too little too late.
Not totally true. A large portion of the state is fairly conservative. King County (Seattle) seems to be the exception rather than the rule.
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It already passed the House in Oklahoma. 92-3 for.
It is the only way we will get it back. Socialist governments NEVER give up their power willingly.
I know all about the Fair tax. I also know that the ‘Rats idea of “fairness” is taking money away from the people who earned it and giving it to people who didn’t.
How true! Folks seem to forget that the 2nd was placed not to shot ducks and deer but government people....when the need arose.
I hate to say, but you’re right.
Way too little and far too late. The Feds already OWN the states. The “stimulus” will only seal their fates.
“We lost state sovereignty with the 17th Amendment.”
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That was just one of the nails in the coffin lid.
The point is that repealing the 17th isn’t going to reestablish sovereignty to any state nor any person; repealing the 16th and enacting HR 25 will.
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