Constitutional rights reasserted in growing resistance to Washington
Resolutions affirming state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution have passed in seven states and have been introduced in twenty-nine other states. In South Carolina, H3509 passed in the House on 02-26-09, but the Senate resolution, S-424, was referred to subcommittee, where it died. In six other states the resolution has also passed in only one chamber of the legislature.
This movement to restore the Constitution and particularly the rights of states under its Tenth Amendment is coordinated by The Tenth Amendment Center. The determined efforts of the Obama Administration to grab power and subvert the rights and protections of individual liberty and states' rights make passage of these state resolutions a national imperative. But what is of even greater need are state leaders willing to stand up and assert those rights in policy and refuse the federal bribes, paid with state taxpayer money, that have done so much to erode the protections the founding fathers provided. Funded and unfunded federal mandates imposed by federal authorities must be vigorously resisted.
Support for this movement to restore state sovereignty should be a litmus test for anyone wishing to represent the people as a state or federal legislator. Legislators need to be asked why a resolution affirming the Constitution and its Bill of Rights is controversial.
This movement to restore the Constitution and particularly the rights of states under its Tenth Amendment is coordinated by The Tenth Amendment Center. The determined efforts of the Obama Administration to grab power and subvert the rights and protections of individual liberty and states' rights make passage of these state resolutions a national imperative. But what is of even greater need are state leaders willing to stand up and assert those rights in policy and refuse the federal bribes, paid with state taxpayer money, that have done so much to erode the protections the founding fathers provided. Funded and unfunded federal mandates imposed by federal authorities must be vigorously resisted.
Support for this movement to restore state sovereignty should be a litmus test for anyone wishing to represent the people as a state or federal legislator. Legislators need to be asked why a resolution affirming the Constitution and its Bill of Rights is controversial.
Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a joint resolution declaring Alaska's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – and now 36 other states have introduced similar resolutions as part of a growing resistance to the federal government.
Just weeks before she plans to step down from her position as Alaska governor, Palin signed House Joint Resolution 27, sponsored by state Rep. Mike Kelly on July 10, according to a Tenth Amendment Center report. The resolution "claims sovereignty for the state 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."
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