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Alabama: We Dare Defend Our Rights

By on January 30, 2010 in Federalism, State Sovereignty

alabama-flagI am certainly pleased that the Alabama Legislature has passed a resolution affirming the sovereignty of our state under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Alabama now joins many other states which have passed such resolutions as a principled response to unprecedented threats to our liberties by the bloated and ever-expanding federal government.

The principle of states rights known as “federalism,” and contained in the Tenth Amendment, grew from a healthy American fear of abuse of power, particularly power centralized in one person or political body. When the American Colonists became the United States and threw off the bonds of Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence, one of the grievances listed in the Declaration was that the King and Parliament were “declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all Cases whatsoever.”

Alabama’s state motto is, “We Dare Defend Our Rights.” Because of repeated injuries and usurpation of our federal government in both Republican and Democrat administrations of recent years, it is altogether fit and proper that the states should take alarm and affirm the Tenth Amendment to voice their opposition to federal abuse of power.

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Pleading the 10th in Wyoming

By on January 11, 2010 in Sovereignty Movement, State Sovereignty

wyoming-state-flagIn conjunction with a bill seeking to nullify Federal Gun Laws and regulations in Wyoming, state legislators have introduced two resolutions, (HJR1 and HJR2), asserting sovereignty for the state under the principles of the 10th Amendment.

Both resolutions call on Congress to “cease and desist from enacting mandates that are beyond the scope of the enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution of the United States.”

The resolution is part of a growing grassroots movement in state legislatures across the country as a protest to the intrusion of the federal government into state government affairs.

In 2009, 38 states introduced similar resolutions, and 7 states passed them, garnering some significant national media attention for these efforts. Already in 2010, four states have introduced sovereignty resolutions and “the next step,” nullification of specific federal laws has been gaining traction in states around the country, too.

CLICK HERE to view the Tenth Amendment Center’s 10th amendment resolution tracking page

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Taking Back What We Already Own

By on December 18, 2009 in Sovereignty Movement, State Sovereignty

Here’s State Rep. Paul Opsommer on the nature of 10th Amendment Resolutions:

These resolutions do not seek to strengthen the power of the Constitution. It is already the law of the land. They also do not seek to create the 10th Amendment. We already have it. The framework the founding fathers intended is already in place. We are not seeking what we do not have, we are attempting to stop the giving away of what we already own.

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Sovereignty for New Jersey

By on October 5, 2009 in Sovereignty Movement

There are now 38 states that have introduced resolutions to reaffirm the principles of delegated powers under the Constitution and the 10th Amendment.

The latest? New Jersey.

Under the radar until now, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 238 (ACR238) was actually introduced back on June 22, 2009. The resolution recognizes that:

“the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides: “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.” This concurrent resolution further recognizes that many federal mandates are in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Additionally, this resolution notes that in New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992), the United States Supreme Court ruled that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states. As such, this resolution claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted by the Constitution to the federal government and serves as notice and demand to the federal government to cease and desist mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.”
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