Comments on: States put Feds on Notice

By: B. Johnson

B. Johnson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:31:45 +0000

Consider the following problem for those who are uninitiated concerning state sovereignty. Regardless that Obama has much less powers under the Constitution than kings or prime ministers, every time people see Obama on the same TV screen with a prime minister they are brainwashed to think that Obama’s powers are basically equivalent to a prime minister’s powers. Again, this is far from true under the Constitution. State governors have much more constitutional power to serve the people than the Oval Office does, particularly where domestic issues are concerned.

With that in mind, I propose the following. I propose that the states make legislation which would make it legal for their governor’s to optionally be addressed, both orally and in writing, as prime minister, PM for short, of that state. I believe that doing so would be a simple way to help restore state sovereignty.

By: Darkwolfe

Darkwolfe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:03:39 +0000

Unreal, Arizona charges to the lead! The Arizona Senate passed a bill nullifying the Cap and Tax bill. It’s headed to the Arizona House now.

http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/sb1147s.htm

Three cheers for Arizona declaring their independence from unconstitutional Federal garbage!

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:12:56 +0000

James, important question. the 10th amendment resolutions are only 1 piece of the puzzle. States are considering or passing binding laws on issues all over the political spectrum. You can get a brief overview of some things happening with this recent article on this site.

By: James

James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:34 +0000

Does anyone know of any legislation at the state (or any other level), where the legislature is doing (or proposing to do) anything more that affirming that the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution exists?

Specifically, is any governor or state legislature prepared to defend the rights of their citizens against the encroachment of the Federal government by holding citizens immune from prosecution under unconstitutional Federal laws?

If Canada decides tomorrow that my salary from a job in Georgia, an area where Canada has no jurisdiction, is taxable, would the US government stand idly by when the RCMP came to arrest me for not paying their taxes? Would the State of Georgia allow them to take me away to jail? I’m guessing that the answer is ‘No!’.

Why then should the State of Georgia (and all sovereign states) not protect their citizens from unconstitutional laws and their enforcement within their borders?

-James

By: Sterling

Sterling — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:24:38 +0000

Anon is just another socialist/marxist Obamanite!!!

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:18:42 +0000

Anon – I can only assume this is your first time here. You should look to the right sidebar – there you’ll see archives, which go back to early 2007. In those articles, you’ll find plenty lambasting Bush for foreign policy, real id, faith based initiatives, drug war, and many many other constitutional violations.

In fact, you might want to do a “whois” lookup on the domain here, you’ll see that the url was registered back in mid-2006….

This organization doesn’t care who’s the president or what party is in charge. Fact of the matter is pretty clear – both parties are filled with constitutional criminals. That’s why we advocate decentralization – as the constitution provides – as the path to liberty.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:14:02 +0000

Yet none of this bothered you during the Bush years, and I suspect, you will be in favor of centralized oppressive government again once we have a president that is neither black nor democrat.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:30:13 +0000

Terry, I’m leery of them myself. In the federal government, other than Ron Paul, there isn’t a single politician I’m even interested in. I simply don’t trust them.

By: Marad

Marad — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:12 +0000

Well said Kay. I just found this site and I am pleased to find others who are concerned about our country.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:04:56 +0000

I’m growing increasingly leery of the willingness of those we’ve elected to positions in the federal government, and some state governments, to carry out the will of the people in accordance with the dictates of the Constitution. What we’ve seen and are seeing is an unwillingness to do so. I’ve come to believe that our salvation governmentally (if there’s to be any) rests with our state legislatures which, if banded together, could pose a formidable obstacle to the federal government. If we’re to have any chance of avoiding the destruction of our economy, security and feedoms as we know them today, I believe we must impress more urgently than ever the legislators in the states where sovereignty resolutions have passed (or have at least been introduced)to pass nullification laws within their respective states such as has been proposed in Arizona to block federally mandated healthcare. If enough state governments would do this the feds might back off. An alternative is to clean house in Congress but we know the odds of that happening based on decades of incumbent re-election results. The states are our best and maybe last hope. If they fail us, we may be faced with only two choices; submit or fight! I hope that day never comes. Our Founding Fathers harbored that hope as well and we know how that turned out.