Circumventing Congress
When Congress meets in the middle of the night to do it’s dirty work, when it votes against an estimated 56% of the citizens it is supposed to represent, when members of Congress whore themselves for their votes, when deals are made behind closed doors to purchase votes at our expense, Congress leaves the people no other alternative but to circumvent their actions in any lawful way possible.
Rest assured, there will be increased unemployment in Washington DC late next year. Make no mistake, the voters WILL remember.
Until such time, protections are needed.
To that end, many states are rushing to exert their Tenth Amendment rights. The Tenth Amendment, ratified in late 1791, states:
“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.”
At present, 37 states have either passed, or have pending, legislation to protect their sovereignty from the federal government. According to the Tenth Amendment Center, they are as follows:
| Alaska
Sovereignty Resolutions: HJR27 (Passed 37-0 on 04-06-09) (Senate Passed 19-0, on 04-19-09 – Awaiting Transmittal to Governor) Signed by Governor on 07-10-09 |
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Arizona Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR2024 (Committee voted Do-Pass on 04/14/09) Passed House, 34-24 on 06-10-09 |
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Arkansas Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR1011 (failed in committee on 03-04-09 passed committee 04-01-09 failed House vote, 54-34) |
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Colorado Sovereignty Resolutions: SJM09-011 (postponed by committee) |
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Florida
Sovereignty Resolutions: HM19 |
| Georgia
Sovereignty Resolutions: HR280 HR470 HR773 SR632 (Passed Senate 43-1 on 04/01/09) |
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| Idaho
Sovereignty Resolutions: HJM004 (Passed House 51-17 on 03-23-09 Passed Senate on 04-07-09) |
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Illinois Sovereignty Resolutions: SR0181 |
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| Indiana
Sovereignty Resolutions: SCR37 SR42 (SR0042 Passed Committe 8-0 on 04-01-09) (SR0042 Passed Senate 44-3 on 04-09-09) |
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| Iowa
Sovereignty Resolutions: SCR-1 |
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| Kansas
Sovereignty Resolutions: SCR1609 |
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| Kentucky
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR168 HCR172 HCR10 (pre-filed for 2010 session) |
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| Louisiana
Sovereignty Resolutions: SCR-2 (Passed Senate, 32-0 on 05-11-09, transmitted to House) (Passed House 59-12 on 06-24-09) |
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Massachusetts Sovereignty Resolutions: Introduced 05-26-09 |
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| Michigan
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR4 SCR4 September 17, 2009 – Senate unanimously passed 2 sovereignty resolutions |
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| Minnesota
Sovereignty Resolutions: HF997 |
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| Mississippi
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR69 House – passed committee 05-06-09, scheduled for vote (HCR-69, Amended, Passed 80-39 on 05-07-09 – new text to follow) SC630 (SC-630 Passed 05-07-09) (HCR69 – Motion) |
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Missouri Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR13 (passed house on 03-23-09) (senate public hearing 04-07-09) |
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Montana Sovereignty Resolutions: HJ26 (Failed 51-49 on 02-24-09) Resolution reintroduced as HR3 (HR3 Passed House Committee on 04-21-09) (HR3 failed to pass in house, 50-50) |
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Nevada Sovereignty Resolutions: AJR15 (Committee 04-11-09: “No Further Action Allowed”) |
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| New Hampshire
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR-6 (resolution failed in house on 03-04-09: 216-150) |
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| New Jersey
Sovereignty Resolutions:ACR238 – introduced 06-22-09 |
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| New Mexico
Sovereignty Resolutions: HJR27 (tabled in committee) |
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| North Carolina
Sovereignty Resolutions: H849 Introduced and referred to committee |
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| North Dakota
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR3063 (passed house 52-40 on 04-07-09) (passed senate 25-20 on 04-20-09 – returned to house, amended) (passed House by voice vote on 04-27-09) |
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Ohio Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR11SCR13 Passed Senate, 19-12 on 09-29-09 |
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| Oklahoma
Sovereignty Resolutions: HJR1003 (passed house on 02/18/09) (senate version passed 25-17 on 03-04-09) (Joint version passed Senate, 29-18 on 04-15-09 – awaiting signuture of governor) (Vetoed by Gov) |
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Oregon Sovereignty Resolutions: HJM0017 |
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| Pennsylvania
Sovereignty Resolutions: HR95 SR51 |
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| South Carolina
Sovereignty Resolutions: H3509 (passed house on 02-26-09) (senate – referred to subcommittee)S-424 |
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South Dakota Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR1013 (passed house on 03-03-09 by a vote of 51-18) (passed senate on 03-05-09 by a vote of 20-14) |
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Tennessee Sovereignty Resolutions: HJR108 (Senate version passed 31-0 on 05-04-09)(Passed House 85-2 on 05-26-09) (Senate Passed HJR108 31-0 on 06-12-09) Signed by Gov. on 06-23-09 |
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Texas Sovereignty Resolutions: SCR-35SCR-39HCR-50 (05-19-09, HCR50 returned to committee) (HCR50 Passed committee on 05-20-09) (HCR50 passed 98-36 House on 05-30-09) |
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Virginia Sovereignty Resolutions: HR61 |
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| Washington
Sovereignty Resolutions: HJM4009 |
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| West Virginia
Sovereignty Resolutions: HCR49 |
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| Wisconsin
Sovereignty Resolutions: SR-6 |
Ten States have introduced legislation to protect the rights of gun owners. The leader in this movement was Montana, which was the first to exempt itself from any moves by Congress by passing a law saying any guns manufactured within the state, readily identifiable as so, and kept within the state, would not be subject to Congressional mandates. Tennessee followed promptly on it’s heels. Other states to introduce the same or similar legislation, according to the Tenth Amendment Center are: Alaska (HB 186), Florida (HB-21), Kentucky (HB87), Michigan (HB-5232), Minnesota (HF 2376), Missouri (HB1230), Ohio (HB-315), Pennsylvania (HB 1988), South Carolina (S. 794), Texas (HB 1863) and Utah (bill number not available).
Other examples of States fed up with Washington mandates are the 14 states which have passed medical marijuana laws, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Twenty five states have passed legislation opposing the REAL ID Act, although the federal government is not enforcing this act at the present time.
In regard to the Health Care Legislation currently being crammed down our throats by the President and Congress, six states have already introduced legislation to declare various provisions void within their states.
Five states have introduced legislation to allow the Governor of the state to recall their National Guard. Five states have also introduced legislation to nullify federal legal tender laws by authorizing payment in precious metal or paper note backed by such.
At some point, the Congress makes themselves irrelevant.
Recent presidents, including the current, have hastened this with the overuse of unconstitutional executive orders and czars, which Congress has done absolutely nothing to stop.
Committing acts of treason, should, by all rights hasten Congress’ suicide as well, although I see no one in power objecting to treasonist acts being committed.
While the people are objecting strongly, government and the media are pretending to be deaf and blind. Dumb, well, let’s see what happens in November 2010.
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