Posted on 02/04/2009 7:03:19 AM PST by freedom lives
A RESOLUTION affirming States’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles.
Whereas the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, Part 1, Article 7 declares that the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in congress assembled; and
Whereas the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, Part 2, Article 1 declares that the people inhabiting the territory formerly called the province of New Hampshire, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form themselves into a free, sovereign and independent body-politic, or State, by the name of The State of New Hampshire; and
Whereas the State of New Hampshire when ratifying the Constitution for the United States of America recommended as a change, “First That it be Explicitly declared that all Powers not expressly & particularly Delegated by the aforesaid are reserved to the several States to be, by them Exercised;” and
Whereas the other States that included recommendations, to wit Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia, included an identical or similar recommended change; and
Whereas these recommended changes were incorporated as the ninth amendment, the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people, and the tenth amendment, 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, to the Constitution for the United States of America; now, therefore, be it
(Excerpt) Read more at gencourt.state.nh.us ...
succeeds = secedes ? :)
And this was voted on, and signed into law when?
I think it is just a warning.
And the point of their bill is... what?
“New Hampshire succeeds”
If you are going to do something to make yourself look dumb, make sure you do it in the most public way possible.
When a state succeeds, it’s called succession.
It reads like that. “Hey, if the Federal government oversteps its bounds, we’ll consider the deal to be a part of the the federation of the US off.” More or less.
What did they succeed in?
Oh please. It’s been sent to committee to die.
Status IN COMMITTEE
Status Date 1/8/2009
Current Committee STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee of Referral STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Introduced 1/8/2009
Due out of Committee 3/19/2009
Floor Date
Why would they do that, didn’t they vote for this comedy show?
If you are going to do something to make yourself look dumb, make sure you do it in the most public way possible.
Nothing secedes like success, I guess!
;^)
The mouse that roars demands respect.
The question is did they succeed at seceding?
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