[jacquej]

Can someone please explain to me why these states are doing this?

I really want to know, and while everyone is chatting about this, no-one is explaining the logic behind it, and what it really means.

[JustSurrounded]

Near as I can tell, the trigger is a different issue for many states. In Hawaii, it appears to be cannabis laws, for many its the freedom of choice act ... in NH, it's a list of issues, not limited to gun bans. I think the bottom line is that some people are getting fed up with the overstepping of the federal government. Your state government may very well carry out the same policies as the federal government does currently, but it would be a state's decision, and your voice is stronger in your state. Also, your state decisions, hopefully, more closely reflect the needs/attitude of your specific state. (And, underlying all that is your freedom to move to a state which more closely governs how you would like to live.)

Certainly bill-of-rights encroachment has been bothering me, but what completely tipped me over into wanting states to reject federal legislation that oversteps their constitutional limits was the health board provision of the stimulus bill. 12 bureaucrats deciding for my doctor and for me what medical treatment I could have was too much. Where in the specific powers granted to the feds in the constitution is the right to control health care of an individual citizen???

As for paying taxes, I love the idea of each state kicking in to the federal budget proportionally to their electoral votes, and citizens only paying taxes to the state. This looks to be in direct violation of amendment 16, but as an idea (and since this is just talk), I like it.

[Red_Devil 232]

This article my help explain wy Oklahoma did it.

Oklahoma to feds: Don't tread on me State House defends its sovereignty from D.C. intrusion

[ought-six]

“I really want to know, and while everyone is chatting about this, no-one is explaining the logic behind it, and what it really means.”

The Founding Fathers always intended for the federal government to be liited in its power, and the 10th Amendment was put there (as part of the Bill of Rights) to remind the federal governmen tof just that fact, and that any powers not specifically given to the federal govenment by the states and by the people are reserved for the states and the people. Abraham Lincoln vigorously opposed that, as he was greatly influenced by Henry Clay, who was the premier champion of a strong and dominant federal government.