The 9th and 10th Amendments were drafted to serve precisely the purpose for which Senator Brogdon now cites them.

Bravo Senator Brogdon! May the light of liberty shine upon us all.

Secondly, the 16 amendment does need to be repealed. Look and see where the bulk of the money comes from and where it goes. Of course with the federal government borrowing 50 cents of every dollar it spends, it does get interesting.

And to really put some fangs into the state sovereignty movement, I think that the states ultimately need to repeal the 16th A., the amendment that gives the feds the power to tax citizens directly. The problem with that amendment is that it has made it too easy for the corrupt federal government to lay constitutionally unauthorized taxes. In fact, the feds are wrongly ignoring the following case precedent established by Chief Justice Marshall which limits the power of the feds to lay taxes.

“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” –Chief Justice Marshall, GIBBONS V. OGDEN (1824) http://supreme.justia.com/us/22/1/case.html

And once the 16th A. has been repealed and the federal income tax eliminated, the state governments can finance the feds with higher state taxes. The reason for this is as follows. The states can use their greater constitutional powers to serve the people to fight a downhill battle with the feds, eliminating constitutionally unauthorized federal taxes, keeping as many tax dollars in a given state as possible. (Did you hear that California?)

And when state government “leaders” show their voters that they are more interested in protecting the welfare of the federal government more than that of their own state, then they can look for another job.

I rather like Glenn Beck’s remark on this as the “Civilest War”. His approach being that the battle is fought in the State legislatures and not on the battlefield. Quite frankly, that would be the best route if we are allowed to take it. However, those in power rarely relinquish it without a fight, so secession will have to remain an option for the future.

The next step will be determined by Washington’s response to the various states’ reassertion of their sovereignty. Secession would be unwise except as a last resort, and would almost certainly result in martial law being declared, which in turn would bring about a full-scale civil war.

Take heart — Americans don’t HAVE masters; and though a usurper occupies the White House, the curtain will be pulled aside and it’ll be just like in the Wizard of Oz, only a whole lot more satisfying.