MN joins 10th Amendment movement (my title)

e-mail and MN State legislature ^ | 2-20-2009 | Me

[Dead Corpse]

Looks like the MN legislature is joining the rest of the crowd in filing 10th Amendment memorandum/legislation. This one looks pretty weak compared to others, but coming from Minnesota... they may as well have fired ICBM's at DC.

The Language of HF 997, the Minnesota resolution on sovereignty:

A concurrent resolution to affirm Minnesota's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to urge the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States.

Whereas, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "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"; and Whereas, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and Whereas, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and Whereas, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and Whereas, Many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States;

and Whereas, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states;

and Whereas, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore,

be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That we hereby affirm Minnesota's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. We also urge the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Office of the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of the Minnesota congressional delegation.

Journal of the MN House Feb 19, 2009

Search down for "997" and "998".

[mplsconservative]

Check out the Minnesota Free Republic board.

A get together is in the works. If you’re not sure how to get to the board, click on Account at the top of FR, then ‘my locale’ and scroll down to Minnesota. You can click ‘set my location’ if you wish to get automatic updates from the MN board. Mighty handy. :)

[defconw]

Cibco(my husband) and I are ready for the storm. Let’s get it on!

[Dead Corpse]

“Get together”? Other than the Tax Rally? Anything I can do?

[mplsconservative]

A get together on March 14th or 21st is being talked about here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=71

C’mon down! Or up. LOL We need to find a central location.

[JDoutrider]

Not sure if one can receive multiple State Locale Board notifications (ain’t it Grand that it’s working again?) but I will check into the MN board now and then until I finish the move there mid March...

[JDoutrider]

Excellent! I’m bringing my boat...

[mplsconservative]

Very good. Here’s to an easy move for you.

I gather you’ll be north of Duluth? My son was at Wolf Ridge ELC in Finland two weeks ago. Beautiful country.

[Dead Corpse]

I’m in Otsego. NW of MLPS. I work in Brooklyn Center.

[mplsconservative]

It looks like lots of FReepers are in the NW suburbs and SW suburbs. Go figure. :)