Further, there are things that have been set up in the past year that barely received notice. Among them: The Council of Governors-formed by Executive Order consists of 10 Governors (Jan Brewer is one of those btw but hard to say for how long). The National Guard of the states has been, for all intents and purposes, nationalized, meaning that individual Governors cannot call up their national guard.
Currently, the DOJ is examining the newly signed AZ law. This is not for the purpose of ensuring that it is 'just' but rather, to exercise federal authority over a state.
With these things in place (to name only a couple) the states can do whatever they want and the Feds will do everything to dismantle their rights.
BTW, Missouri is working on the HC issue and the worms here are already screaming that Fed law will trump state law...even if voted in by the people.
I'm sorry to say I'm not as optimistic as you NB.
I wrote this post in another discussion the other day about the Council of Governors:
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Friday, April 30, 2010 4:31:35 PM · 62 of 89
Natural Born 54 to Sub-Driver; Windflier
Perry is not on Obama’s “Council of Governors,” is he?
MEMBERS:
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry
Vermont Gov. James H. Douglas
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire
Arizona Gov. Janice K. Brewer
Puerto Rico Gov. Luis G. Fortuño
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell
Missouri Gov. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Eaves Perdue
South Dakota Gov. Michael Rounds
Notice that Gov. Brewer of Arizona is. Hmmmm. It is also interesting that he appointed the Govs of S. Dakota, N. Carolina, Virginia and Oklahoma.
Freedom In The 50 States: An index of personal and economic freedom. (http://www.statepolicyindex.com/?page_id=143)
It was authored by William Ruger and Jason Sorens of the Mercatus Center of George Mason University.(hat tip on this link to Windflier)
The states with the best freedom rating in this study are:
TX, AZ, CO, ID, ND, SD, MO, TN, VA, NH (Oklahoma is close behind in the 2nd of 5 quintiles)
The Governor’s Council is comprised of 5 Republicans and 5 Dems. Look at the overlap in the Govs’ Council of Republicans and the list of states with the most freedom. BO chose the Govs of some of the most conservative of Republican run states. Looks like he didn’t find it necessary to include Perry the rino. Hmmmmm.
The short description of what this gov appointment is about is stated as: “The council will help coordinate state and federal efforts pertaining to the National Guard, homeland defense and civil support activities.”
CFP had an interesting viewpoint on it when BO created it here:
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18890
This is also a good reference:
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin562.htm
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What do you think?
The Feds can dismantle all they want, but if a state decides it’s not playing, what are the Feds going to do? An armed citizenry is a major deterrent. The Feds can’t win that one. BTW, do you have a link that says the Feds now control the National Guard and the state can’t call them up? Can’t imagine some of those governors going along with that one.