But, you're right – the country is being taken from within, and Lincoln sure did have a hand in that too. Decade after decade we've allowed politicians to violate the constitution or bend the rules – maybe even for good reasons. But, sooner or later when you do that, you'll end up with a government that doesn't follow the rules at all.

How, by amendments defining limits on the power of the federal govenment that have been eroded. All we need do is define Congressional power more explicitly in accordance with the ORIGINAL INTENT. The Commerce Clause and the General Welfare Clause need restoring to their original intent, not changing. The 14th Amendment – the biggie by which all judical usurpation occurs – need to be restored to its original intent.

And since the federal government has abundantly proved that it cannot be trusted to obey the consitution or to remain within the powers granted, we need an amendment making ORIGINAL INTENT the ONLY enforcible principle of interpretation, AND a provision allowing the STATEs to enforce it by legislation. This last is essential because, if the power of supremacy is left with the feds, they will always augment their own power over time exactly as they have in the past. So, by giving the States power to enforce ORIGINAL INTENT by legislation, we are giving them the means to put teeth in 10th Amendment resolutions.

So, again, there is no need to change, just restore!

Before legislators started filing them in the states, people weren’t even talking about the 10th amendment. This has had the effect of getting media coverage – and more and more people interested in the topic.

These resolutions, while obviously not the end of the road or even close to it, are essential. I hope to see more.

Not all of us can be the charismatic leader of the next Regan revolution, but we can all be the one that our co-workers, friends, and family go to for explanations on what a particular piece of legislation means. Or which state senator or representative really represents our values. The more people we can educate (including potential candidates), the more will begin to think before they vote.

We’re not seceding. We’re getting enough states together to kick the rest out!

The place where such a statute would be useful today would be to prosecute those who attempt to a diminution of State Sovereignty or the State’s Reserved Rights by seeking relief in federal court enjoining, or attempting to enforce any order purporting to require removal of monuments displaying the Ten Commandments, the Cross of Christ, or any acknowledgement of the Supreme Majesty in Heaven.

I have in mind here the case just handed down by the 10th Circuit against Haskell County, OK, requiring removal a Ten Commandment’s monument. This is a direct assault on the State’s sovereignty and a statute of Praemunire would be a historically appropriate form of statute to protect the State’s sovereignty against the introduction of a foreign juridistion in the land, and would create a constitutional confrontation and crisis, setting the State’s authority and sovereignty up against that of a usurping federal judiciary.

This is only the beginning…

As each additional state proclaims 10th Amendment sovereignty, our combined strength grows in opposition to the Feds.

Even though these are non-binding resolutions, we the people of these states could present petitions to our state legislators to act on these resolutions in a binding manner. Basically saying “you made the statements, and we demand you back them up”