Posted on 07/06/2012 9:37:58 PM PDT by BigEdLB
PHOENIX -- Voters could get the right to overrule federal laws and mandates under the terms of an initiative filed late Thursday.
The Arizona Constitution already says the federal Constitution "is the supreme law of the land." This measure, if approved in November, it would add language saying that federal document may not be violated by any government -- including the federal government.
More to the point, it would allow Arizonans "to reject any federal action that they determine violates the United States Constitution."
That could occur through a vote of the state House and Senate with consent of the governor.
But that also could occur through a popular vote on a ballot measure, effectively allowing voters to decide which federal laws they feel infringe on Arizona's rights as a sovereign state.
Read more: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/initiative-would-let-voters-overrule-federal-law/article_50d0e77c-d27c-5828-a3b6-d818c0042700.html#ixzz1zuNKE6ZN
(Excerpt) Read more at azdailysun.com ...
I admire the chutzpah, but those so-called courts of justice will smack this down in short order. I think a better tact would be to simply make AZ a very difficult state to govern.
Try this for starters: an initiative to forbid state or local jails or prisons from housing Federal prisoners. You could also forbid localities from receiving any funds from Federal asset forfeiture.
Very true. It has occurred to several FReepers that perhaps the leftists are actually pushing towards a divorce. Ultimately, the conservatives will do what they can to confound the leftists dream of setting up a socialist paradise. Poltics makes for strange bedfellows.
Unfortunately, we won't be left alone - for the same reason we all have to use "no-flo" toilets because Kalifornia has a water shortage. While the Marxists loved the idea, it was federalized because business did not want to produce 2 different kinds of water closets.
When Feds withhold rightful money going to Arizona..... Arizona announces it is asking all Arizona taxpayers to send Federale taxes to Arizona state Gov’t to be held in escrow. Then used in place of Federale funds witheld
LOL! So how do you explain all the Virginians here?
Must be something in the water....
LOL! So how do you explain all the Virginians here?
Must be something in the water....
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