Party-line vote in Idaho for ‘nullification’ bill

The Spokesman-Review ^ | January 26, 2011 | Betsy Z. Russell

[Idabilly]

BOISE - On a straight party-line vote, with all 15 Republicans on the committee voting in favor and all four Democrats voting against, the House State Affairs Committee voted this morning to introduce legislation seeking to “nullify” the federal health care reform bill.

Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, told the panel, “The federal health care laws recently passed by the U.S. Congress have invaded the traditional sovereign powers of the state. This bill declares that this intrusion by the federal government is … null and void.”

Committee members had lots of questions for Barbieri. “Are you … aware that no court in the history of the United States has ever upheld a state effort to nullify a federal law?” Rep. Elfreda Higgins, D-Garden City, asked Barbieri. He responded, “I do believe no federal court has done that. The difficulty is that the federal courts are an arm of the federal government, so it would be very difficult to imagine an arm of the federal government ruling against itself.”

[Huck]

What a dumb waste of time. Nullification? What’s next? Secession?

[Idabilly]

Ping!

[Idabilly]

If your President keeps it up, you betcha!

[Huck]

lol. What idiocy.

[Marty62]

REALLY. California just NULLIFIED the federal Law against MARIJUANA.

Where is the uproar.

It already has PRECEDENT within the LAST year.

[Defend Liberty]

What a dumb waste of time. Nullification? What’s next? Secession?

It's never a waste of time for states to prevent the federal government from usurping powers delegated to the states or the people per the 10th Amendment.

[Marty62]

“lol. What idiocy”

You might want to rethink that reply.

[coaltrain]

We can only hope. Time to move to Idaho.

[rednek]

” What’s next? Secession?’

Works for me. Let those of us that don’t want to play take our ball and go somewhere else. The rats and all their communist buddies can try to live of the non producers and leeches. Tell me how well that’s gonna work....red

[Huck]

Let those of us that don’t want to play take our ball and go somewhere else

You know this was tried once right?

[Huck]

Lunacy?

[Dr. Thorne]

Man, I miss Idaho. Notice the dumbbell naysayers show up on this thread to mewl their useless opinions that this action is a waste of time. They are generally government teat-suckers who couldn’t wipe the drool from their own chins.

[Huck]

It's never a waste of time for states to prevent the federal government from usurping powers delegated to the states or the people per the 10th Amendment.

The 10th amendment doesn't delegate anything to the states or the people.

[rednek]

Yup and the South lost the War of Northern Aggression due to a lack of resources. Lets try it again and see how it works out the 2nd time. The shoe is on the other foot this time....rede

[MrB]

Notice the question, and the assumption under the question,

that the “federal courts” are the ultimate authority in this country.

[Huck]

Good luck with that. lol.

[NTHockey]

The South did not LOSE the War of Yankee Agression. Lee declared a time out to rearm.

[Defend Liberty]

The 10th amendment doesn't delegate anything to the states or the people.

You better tell that to the 27 states since none of them know something you know. The 10th Amendment delegates any powers to the states not delegated to the United States and not prohibited to by it to the states. Regulating health care is not an enumerated power in Article 1 Section 8 and is not prohibited to the states or the people.

[MrB]

Perhaps the better word would be “reserves”.
The 10th reserves to the states all powers not delegated to the general gov’t.