Taking Back the Commerce Clause in Virginia [Virginia House Rejects Federal Commerce Power, 65-33]

Tenth Amendment Center ^ | 01-26-11 | Michael Boldin

[RepublicnotaDemocracy]

Today, the Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed House Bill 1438 (HB1438), the Intrastate Commerce Act. The bill, “Provides that all goods produced or manufactured within the Commonwealth, when such goods are held, retained, or maintained in the Commonwealth, shall not be subject to federal law, federal regulation, or the constitutional power of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.”

The vote was 65-33.

For decades, using a tortured definition of “interstate commerce,” Congress has claimed the authority to regulate, control, ban, or mandate virtually everything – from wheat grown on one’s own land for personal consumption, to weed grown in an individual’s own home for the same purpose, to guns manufactured, sold and kept in state boundaries, and everything in between. And, unfortunately, the Supreme Court has largely condoned and even encouraged such reprehensible legislative behavior.

But today, Virginia is once again leading the way in saying “Back Off” to the feds – by standing up for the Constitution as the founders gave it to us.

[BuckeyeTexan]

No, dammit. No open carry in Texas. How’s that even possible? It’s Texas. Everybody has a gun.

[mquinn]

Why not? Lincoln got away with it...

[backwoods-engineer]

Awesome. It is about time a state took on Wickard v. Filburn with legislation.

[ScottinVA]

Dateline, January 30, 2011: President Obama deploys federal troops to Richmond, Virginia to round up Virginia legislators who voted for the Intrastate Commerce Act...

...The contingent of Federal troops was met and repelled on the northern outskirts of Richmond County by a well-armed 150,000-strong blend of volunteer militias and Virginia National Guardsmen, who outflanked the Federals from all sides.

[manc]

no disrespect but how could anyone from the south move north and especially to a state like IL.?

Anything north of Fredricksburg is too north for me.

[manc]

WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL

on the Potomac that is

[manc]

my thoughts too infact I’ve just wrote a post saying how could you live up there.

[indthkr]

On the flip side, if California passes a similar law, could they place a ban on products made in VA "just because"?

Or, if California passed a similar law, could they purposely and willfully infringe on the trademarks, copyrights, and patents of VA based companies (which are protected by Federal Law) for resale globally, including VA?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Let's let Virginia and Texas form the FREE United States of America! Any other takers?

[BuckeyeTexan]

In Texas, it’s the Red River. They’d better not cross it. (We do make exceptions for Okies, “cuz them’s good people” as the saying goes.)

[Springfield Reformer]

:(

[rikkir]

Yeah but isn’t that what we went to war over in the 1860’s? Contrary to the belief that it was “all” about slavery.

[HokieMom]

This makes the Virginia Senate elections in November even more important than they already were.

[BuckeyeTexan]

You forgot the part where the Yankees were killed where they stood.

[Springfield Reformer]

Family.

[PA Engineer]

...The contingent of Federal troops was met and repelled on the northern outskirts of Richmond County by a well-armed 150,000-strong blend of volunteer militias and Virginia National Guardsmen, who outflanked the Federals from all sides.

You left out the VNG naval bombardment support from Hampton Roads.

[paulycy]

I’m so proud of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I’d go to war to help the Virginians, but then I’m an obnoxious Texan with zero patience for federal horsesh*t.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Two words:

“Machine Guns!”

[ScottinVA]

You forgot the part where the Yankees were killed where they stood.

We gave 'em a chance to come to our side. They're mulling it over.