Posted on 06/14/2008 4:50:49 PM PDT by The Eagle Bomb
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1089 By: Key
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; and directing distribution.
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and
WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and
WHEREAS, today, in 2008, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 51ST OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
THAT the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. THAT this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.
THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker
of the House and the President of the Senate of each state's legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation.
Dixie ping?
Yes, what your friend says is true but the one thing those materials won’t do is reach out and touch someone the same way a rifle does. If you want to touch just one person in the crowd, using a rifle sends a very distinctive message. It’ll cross language barriers in a fashion that no other tool even dreams of.
If you guys want a reformation. Fine with me but put it up to a national vote. Why do I say a national vote? Because that way every person in America gets a say about what happens to their children's future not just the corporate elites and foreign billionaires who seem to have so much influence with our politicians.
“They want us to sit on our butt in our easy chairs and let them smoothly slip our Constitution out from under us.”
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They have already done that! One MAJOR departure from constitutional requirements is the introduction of fiat money in violation of a clearly stated rule saying ONLY gold or silver may be used as legal tender, yet we have a huge chorus on FR singing hymns to fiat money and telling us that we are better off with fiat money and all who say otherwise are fools or worse. Many of the problems people moan and groan about are the direct result of our worthless funny money yet we have this chorus of FREEPERS saying there is no viable option other than worthless fiat money.
If we are going to have worthless scrip we should at least have demanded that the constitution be amended to allow it, the failure to do so makes a mockery of the whole process.
“The ability of the system to do violence far outweighs the ability of the citizenry to do violence”
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I wish I had kept the reference which I have lost but some wise soul once said something in words something like this,”The only legitimate purpose of government is to protect the citizenry from the criminal but invariably the government usurps the function of the criminal and becomes a greater danger to the citizens than the criminal could ever hope to be”. The history of the world certainly bears this out, since formal government came into existence criminal governments have wreaked havoc on a level no non-governmental criminal element could ever have hoped to rival. Private criminal operations are sporadic, the perpetrators take time off to enjoy their ill gotten advantages, government criminals never stop, their attacks are relentless and endless.
“Itll cross language barriers in a fashion that no other tool even dreams of.”
Nicely worded.
I like to tell my pistol course students that a firearm can be a most effective etiquette lesson, in that possession of a firearm helps offenders remember the lessons in manners and good behavior which their parents tried to teach them but somehow failed.
This was before 9/11. I always think of the young men and women that joined up and have been fighting so heroically when I recall this review. The more I hear of it the more I think that I need to read it.
The freeper said now they are crafting a carefully worded statement so as not to give any rights - or take away rights, that they do not intend.
So - I guess their isn't a deadline. But - it was for this reason that Montana awhile ago had one of these resolutions saying if they DID ban certain weapons, etc. that Montana would do something (declare sovereignty, secede, ...) as one of the things that is in the negotiation for Montana becoming a state was that it would be able to determine the gun laws for the state. (Or something like that).
Here’s the older thread about Montana threatening to secede.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973142/posts
>The conscience is mightier than the sword.<
That is true however
Just for fun, can you guess which company with over 500 employees can boast the following statistics relating to its employees? The figures were compiled over three years ago, but turnover has since been slight.
29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
117 have bankrupted at least two companies
19 have been convicted of writing bad checks
3 have been arrested for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are current defendants in lawsuits
84 are subject to fines and incarceration for drunk driving
If you guessed the United States Congress, you were a better player than I.
Year after year, our 535-member United States Congress passes laws to keep the rest of us in tow.
What was it you said about the conscience being mightier than the sword? Not amongst that crowd it isn’t. Please, don’t go off on a slant about how we need to pray for guidance in dealing with this situation. I know what needs to be done, unfortunately it is still against the law to hang thieves in this country.
I don’t know about you but myself, I am retired and I have plenty of time during the day to read on the Internet. I read both sides of the rant then make determinations for myself. When I was working 12 hours a day trying to support a family and run a business I wasn’t anywhere near as aware of the facts as I am today. This is in large part due to the lying national news media.
So, my conclusion is that this apathy you mention is due in large part to the deceit shown on the MSM evening news and socialist controlled newspaper system across the nation. If you don’t know about a problem it is awful difficult to fix it. I realize this is all by the design of both political parties. Consequently if they are injured during the course correction I will not be the one shedding tears.
Author;
Key, Charles charles.key@okhouse.gov 90 R (405) 557-7354
HJR 1089 Passed unanimously, then went to the Senate, it was read twice in the Senate and went back to Rules Committee where it died a quiet death now that this Session is closed.
I called Rep. Charles Key’s office and asked if the Bill will be reauthored again next session. His staff is researching the answer for me.
If any of you wish to do some more research, the correct name for this Bill is HJR 1089 -House Joint Resolution 1089
I heard that Georgia passed a similar Bill. It was written almost word for word as this one. I have not done any research on it.
Thank you....
Your anology of succession from the Union does not fit. The south formed a collective block of States and created it’s own federal government. In doing so, the Confederate government confiscation Union property en masse. A State has it’s own rights, including the right to stop supporting the federal government and vice-versa.
Well put.
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