So what does this really mean once the States have passed these resolutions? Does it really make any difference or is it more symbolic?
To tell you the truth what it means remains to be seen. There are some pretty serious states rights violations taking place these days that really need to be rectified.
It means that they feel good about themselves before they bend over!
I called my state senator, Thomas Alexander, when I first heard about this last week. He said that no laws were slated to be drawn up based on this resolution.
I asked him if he would characterize the resolution as 'symbolic'. His opinion was that it was more than symbolism, that is was an affirmation of states rights based on the 10th amendment, a belief that the federal government was overstepping it's power.
I'm not sure that it's going to mean anything to communists that are currently running the federal government but I'm glad that the states that have passed such resolutions are at least putting the feds on notice.