Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:44:27 PM by AmericaIsScrewed08
Efforts in more than half of the state legislatures to assert state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution and prevent unwanted impositions by the federal government are now running into serious partisan opposition. Most of these bills have been introduced and are supported by Republican legislators and Democrats are doing everything they can to block them and make sure that their states comply with federal mandates issued by a national Congress dominated by their party.
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Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:18:55 PM by ForGod'sSake
Saying the federal government has taken too much control over Kansas affairs, some key state senators and a minor political party are supporting a resolution to affirm the state's sovereignty.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1609 by Sen. Mary Pilcher Cook, R-Shawnee, calls on the federal government to "cease and desist" from withholding federal funds or otherwise penalizing states that don't comply with federal mandates.
The resolution cites the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reserves to the states powers that aren't specifically granted to the federal government.
Pilcher Cook said she was not yet ready to discuss the resolution with the media.
But the Kansas Libertarian Party issued a statement of support for the resolution on Sunday.
Party Treasurer Patrick Wilbur said the state's Libertarians decided to back Pilcher Cook's effort after she presented it to their northern Kansas committee, which meets in Topeka.
Wilbur said it's directed at federal mandates such as the "No Child Left Behind" education law and the recently approved economic stimulus act.
The education law ordered states to adopt new standards for student achievement but never provided the money to meet the goals.
And as for the stimulus plan, "money coming in from the stimulus is going to have all kinds of strings attached," Wilbur said.