Five More States Invoke the 10th (AMENDMENT)

humanevents.com ^ | 03/04/2009 | A.W.R. Hawkins

[semantic]

I see another American Revolution in our future

Everyone knows it's coming. However, in order to win, conservatives must avoid the tendency of fighting current wars with the tools & tactics of prior conflicts; by which I mean both 1776 & 1861.

This battle will depend on finance & economics. It's all about the power of the central government's ability to tax & borrow. In fact, the importance of taxes is dwarfed by the ongoing flow of funds into Treasuries that enables the government to operate with huge deficits.

Cut off Hussein's ability to finance deficits, and you starve the beast of its life blood. Savings directed into Ts are funding the very tools of oppression.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Yay, my FReeper name is relevant again!!

[Tennessee_Bob]

As noted, djsherin, you are welcome to move here to Tennessee....but bring In-And-Out!!!!

[cowboyway]

Just because I think the secessionists were foolish and illegal does not mean that I would condone a Stalinist tyranny here.

But what about those infamous WBTS threads where you and some others, whose names I cannot say, were adamant that all our problems could be worked out within the framework of our Union and the Union could never be dissolved, regardless of the reasons?

Hell, you guys even went so far as to scoff and make taunting remarks about tin foil hats when I and others would breach the issue of a socialist government being installed in DC.

[mojitojoe]

I see Florida has still not made the list.
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Start writing letters. Have everyone you know do the same.

[benjibrowder]

Florida kind of sorta already has.

http://www.criminalgovernment.com/docs/legal/florida1.html

[mojitojoe]

Of course their son will be named BHO III, but his nickname could be Fidel, or Che, or Hugo, or Yasser, or Mahmoud or Karl or Vladimir.
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I bet they name him Marshall.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

More good can be done via constitutional convention than via secession.

That was the problem in 1860- an abandonment of peaceful Constitutional remedies in favor of an artificial frenzy and manufactured conflict. The Constitution presupposes a measure of political maturity and it contains within peaceful and orderly remedies.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I have looked under the state topics for Florida and for Retired Navy Vet, nothing came up so far.

Here’s an ongoing thread on this topic that might interest you:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2193442/posts?page=67
Tenth Amendment/States Rights Update (an ongoing thread)

Stop on over and browse a while! If you find the link, you can post it there since it’s the “repository”

On that thread is this link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193144/posts
Petition for Florida Sovereignty

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Petition for Florida Sovereignty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193144/posts

Contact your legislators!

[Colonel Kangaroo]

But what about those infamous WBTS threads where you and some others, whose names I cannot say, were adamant that all our problems could be worked out within the framework of our Union and the Union could never be dissolved, regardless of the reasons?

There is no contradiction. As Lincoln said, the Constitution does not contain provision for its own dissolving. But as Lincoln also said, the the people retain a right of revolution outside the Constitution as a response to real tyranny.

[two23]

bump
thanks for posting

[Colonel Kangaroo]

you guys even went so far as to scoff and make taunting remarks about tin foil hats when I and others would breach the issue of a socialist government being installed in DC.

We've had a socialist government for a long time. It's long overdue that the public start vigorously promoting real adherence to the Constitution. But that does not mean we are facing a new Stalin or Mao. This guy is already proving and will prove even more in the the future to be a disaster, but that's who the foolish electorate picked under our Constitutional electoral process and that's who we're going to have to suffer under until the electorate wakes up and comes to their senses in 2012.

[ForGod'sSake]

Thank you djsherin, DirtyHarryY2K and MamaTexan.

For the record, it looks like many pingees have beat me to the thread. It's a good thang we have the topics and keywords features on FR so that anybody wanting to get ahead of a late ping can find articles. For the rest, this is not so much news for those of us who have been following along, but it is a good article(IMHO) that needs a read, so...

Click the 10th Amendment button for articles tagged with keyword "10thamendment". There is a "statesrights" link atop the forum page.

Please ~ping~ me to articles relating to the 10th Amendment/States Rights so I can employ the pinger.

I continue to add names to the ping list as I run across others participating on similar threads. If you want off the list just say so.

Additional Resources:

*New Page*Tenth Amendment Center
The Right Side of Life/State Initiatives
MRStep.com
Find Law(Brief history of 10th Amendment)

CLICK HERE TO FIND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

[prismsinc]

Well, RNV said that we already filed it back in 1995. If that’s true, there’s no need to re-file it.

[stockpirate]

That’s 18 now even with NH backing down.

[djsherin]

Declaration of Independence... sounds like secession to me.

[Danae]

How many states have done this now?

[NonLinear]

I remember it being ten years ago, or more.

[KrisKrinkle]

“Now if they would just declare secession.”

Why do that at this point, if ever? Get enough States together and curb the Federal Government, then there’s no need for secession and all the trouble that would bring.

“Or some sort of vote of no confidence to start removal proceedings of the House and Senate.”

The resurfacing of State’s “rights” is a vote of no confidence on the part of those doing the resurfacing.