Actually, I think the spirit behind these [state sovereignty] resolutions may be the last, best hope for recovering a constitutional form of government short of all-out chaos.
My fear is that:
- elections maybe too compromised by outright fraud,
- the electorate has been too dumbed-down,
- the Executive branch has abandoned any pretense of respect for the rule of law,
- representation is lost due to "lifetime" Senators & Representatives whose main focus is perpetuating the lobbying/campaigning system, and
- a judaical system - dominated by Progressives - that would need a thousand lifetimes to trace the status quo back through stare decisis to a legitimate Constitutional foundation.
The last standing institution that may be capable of plowing the monster under is a united effort of a large number of sovereign state governments (all 3 branches) loudly proclaiming the Federal government has violated its contract with the States and is no longer legitimate. And we'd probably have better odds placing all our chips on 00 and spinning the wheel.
Does anyone else see a way back to the Constitution? Please tell me I've missed something.
All excellent points!
I support the state sovereignty movement. I think it has potential. Where I see a problem for the states in that regard is in receiving payment from the federal government for social programs. The federal government could effectively bankrupt a rebellious state by refusing to reimburse the state for the cost of administering federal programs.
Texas has a $9b rainy-day fund and a balanced budget. We’re not hurting financially as California and other states are. So Texas is the only state I can think of who could rebel and still get by financially until the dust settled and the fed backed down. Even then, without taking military action, the fed could block our ports and still hurt us to some extent.