Posted on 06/24/2009 10:21:21 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
Today, the Louisiana State House voted to approve Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (SCR2) which “Memorializes Congress to affirm Louisiana’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and to demand that the federal government halt its practices of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America.”
The resolution, authored by State Senator Crowe, passed by a vote of 59-12. It previously passed the State Senate by a vote of 32-0. (h/t hayestown)
Louisiana joins Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Idaho and Tennessee as states where similar resolutions affirming sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution have been approved by both legislative houses.
Read the full text of the resolution below:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To memorialize the Congress of the United States of America to affirm Louisiana’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America and to demand that the federal government halt the practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes which are not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America.
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America 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 to the Constitution of the United States of America defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted to the Constitution of the United States of America and no more; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America 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 powers assumed by the federal government as well as federal mandates are in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S.Ct. 2408 (1992), thatCongressmay not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some pending with the present administration aswell as fromCongressmayfurther violate the Constitution of the United States of America.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana memorializes the Congress of the United States of America that the legislature affirms Louisiana’s sovereignty under the TenthAmendment to the Constitution of theUnited States ofAmerica over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana also demands that the federal government halt and reverse its practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted to the secretary of the United States Senate and the clerk of the United States House of Representatives and to each member of the Louisiana delegation to the United States Congress and to the president of the United States of America and to the governor of Louisiana.
Please ~ping~ me to articles relating to the 10th Amendment/States Rights so I can engage the pinger.
I've stopped scouring threads and unilaterally adding names to the ping list, so if you want on or off the list just say so.
Additional Resources:
Tenth Amendment Chronicles Thread
Tenth Amendment Center
The Right Side of Life/State Initiatives
Sovereign States
Find Law(Brief narrative on 10th Amendment)
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Maybe if we never passed the 17th Amendment, we wouldn’t need to be passing these resolutions...
Good news. The Pigs are being left behind to live in their own crap.
That’s right.
The sad truth is, tyrants never rest in their efforts to subjugate the unwashed. The passage of the 17th only greased the skids to make their job a little easier. Not to say the 17th shouldn't be repealed but IMHO, our would-be masters would surely have found another way around such a trifling thing as State Sovereighty and a limited feral government.
Bedtime in these Piney Woods.
Is there any chance Louisiana will be seceding from the Union again?
What’s Texas doing?
Until the next Hurricane.
G’nite. Sleep well.
If you look back in history you will see that we always
fight shoulder to shoulder with Texas,,,
Since the Battle of New Orleans in 1815,,,
Texas boys were there,,,as were my kin,,,
1836 at the Alamo two of the Louisiana Unknown were my kin,
(family history)
April 8th.1864 the Texas Boys rolled the Union flank at the
Battle of Mansfield,again,my kin(18th.Louisiana) that saved
the family farm and the rest of the Red River Valley,,,
And every war till the present day,,,
That said,,,
If we have a meetin’ at “Lands End” I'll ping ya’...;0)
Until the next Hurricane.
~~~
Soooooo what state do you live in ?
Have any of these States moved beyond the “Resolution” stage to putting actual teeth into their respective codes? The only one that springs to mind (still on my first cup of coffee) is Montana with its intrastate firearms move. A declaration of intent is great but it doesn’t mean spit until the put actual steel in their backbones.
Arizona is now close to becoming the first state to outlaw climate change legislation. The state Senate voted Monday, 19-10 to approve a bill banning the Department of Environmental Quality from enacting or enforcing measures with language pertaining to climate change.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278971/posts
Cool. State Critter People are beginning to wake up.
10A bump
I was kinda hoping Sanford had gone to Texas to talk to Perry about the 10th amendment or further...
They’ll never let us go peacefully. Just keep that in mind.
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