House Concurrent Resolution 19 introduced in New Hampshire; where the words of John Adams himself speak through Part 1, Article 7 of the State Constitution; words older than the United States it’s self, and clearly understood at the signing of the Constitution for the United States.
“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”
Full text of the bill here; A RESOLUTION affirming States’ powers based on the Constitution for the United States and the Constitution of New Hampshire.
The public hearing is scheduled for the committee on STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS on 2/10/2011 at 2:00 PM in LOB 203.
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cross-posted from the New Hampshire Tenth Amendment Center
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