Posted on 01/26/2011 11:55:38 AM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com ...
The conerstone of the Obamacare is that insurance is not offered across state lines.
WOuld be a big mistake for Senator to oppose what his state legislature is passing to protect that state, I would presume.
Interesting move on Virginia’s part.
Hehehe...this would include, of course, any firearms made in, and exclusively sold in the state.
Ping
Exactly. I often analogize it as the Fed being like a management company hired by the States to oversee the maintenance of the Union.
You go Virginia~~!!
maryland is the “free state”
i know.
the irony is deafening.
t
Check this out!
It IS the "free state"... in Orwellian Newspeak.
LOL islamanoma...
i like it... er, its eradication that is...
t
It’s going to be very interesting as these kinds of cases wind their way through the federal judiciary and eventually to the Supreme Court. Upholding a few of them would cause a seismic shift in the way Washington does things.
I presume you are referring to the illegal War of Northern Aggression - WNA.
It would have to be an armed insurrection. But you're probably being sarcastic.
Lots of hooting and hollering, but what exactly does this piece of legislation actually do for the people of VA?
Mee too, I was born in VA, but consider myself a North Carolinian.
I saw a tin foil hat theory yesterday that said this was the plan all along. Get Americans so angry we take up arms, he declares martial law and declares himself President for life. The military would split, and that would be that.
No time like the present ; )
Thank you Virginia!!!
May God bless!
Tatt
And with back up from Georgia volunteers who made the trek northward faster than Patton’s troops ; )
Tatt
There is no language in the commerce clause that extends federal power to regulate “the people” as that critical term has been defined by other amendments and case law.
GMTA
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