Posted on 01/22/2011 11:40:55 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear
Recently, the state of Idaho became the first of 6 states to begin process of nullification...
Idaho started this process thanks to Tom Woods book Nullification.
You can watch a 25+ minute video talk given by Dr. Woods in Ft. Worth on Nullification on why mainstream media figures like Chris Matthews doesn't understand state rights... and why nullification matters.
Thank you! Nice rant.
You can “rant” at me anytime...as long as you keep it brief. ;o)
“He was expressing his distrust of the entire process of
replacing the Articles of Confederation.”
Interesting. What term(s) should I use to google that? Not that I use google...I don’t. ;o)
Interesting thought, there...
“One thing they didn’t and couldn’t forsee is how lazy technology has made the American mind and memory.”
That is a downside. But, on the upside, this technology has opened new worlds to all of us so that we can keep up in real time, and by looking at so many sites on this new fangled technology...we can decide and think for ourselves now.
Ain’t it great?
Explosive.
Thanks for posting.
Find it here, http://www.constitution.org/rc/rat_va.htm and we’ll discuss it.
The only problem is that the quote does not exist.
Enjoy your fantasy.
Who has the guns?
Fedgov.
And nukes.
Really? Where are they located?
According to Fox's judicial analyst, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Ohaha's healthcare reforms amount to "commandeering" the state legislatures for federal purposes, which the Supreme Court has forbidden as unconstitutional. "The Constitution does not authorize the Congress to regulate state governments.
Nevertheless, the Congress has told the state governments that they must modify their regulation of certain areas of healthcare, they must surrender their regulation of other areas of healthcare, and they must spend state taxpayer-generated dollars in a way that the Congress wants it done.(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com............
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States Can Check Washington's Power; by directly proposing constitutional amendments
WSJ 12/21/09 | DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY
FR Posted 12/2/09 by rhema
For nearly a hundred years, federal power has expanded at the expense of the states—to a point where the even the wages and hours of state employees are subject to federal control. Basic health and safety regulations that were long exercised by states under their "police power" are now dominated by Washington.
The courts have similarly distorted the Constitution by inventing new constitutional rights and failing to limit governmental power as provided for in the document. The aggrandizement of judicial power has been a particularly vexing challenge, since it is inherently incapable of correction through the normal political channels.
There is a way to deter further constitutional mischief from Congress and the federal courts, and restore some semblance of the proper federal-state balance. That is to give to states—and through them the people—a greater role in the constitutional amendment process.
The idea is simple, and is already being mooted in conservative legal circles. Today, only Congress can propose constitutional amendments—and Congress of course has little interest in proposing limits on its own power. Since the mid-19th century, no amendment has actually limited federal authority.
But what if a number of states, acting together, also could propose amendments? That has the potential to reinvigorate the states as a check on federal power. It could also return states to a more central policy-making role.
The Framers would have approved the idea of giving states a more direct role in the amendment process. They fully expected that the possibility of amendments originating with the states would deter federal aggrandizement, and provided in Article V that Congress must call a convention to consider amendments anytime two-thirds of the states demand it.(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
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Oregon??!! Wow!
Ping to #5..................
It was, after all, a RATification Convention.
Not mine, that’s fer sure. I was speaking in the congragate.
Ah, gotcha.
Henry never said, “I smell a rat” at the VA Constitutional ratifying convention.
However, if I ever need (I won’t) a guide to lunatic websites I will be sure to consult you.
Who gives a $H!T! YOU are the only one that made that claim. Wake up and P!$$; the world's on fire! Or get some coffee or something...
Apparently you do. Why do you make the claim he said something he did not?
Put down the bong dude.
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