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Oklahoma found their balls…
Posted by Duncan on July 22nd, 2008
and it pains me as a Texan to say it…
The resolution’s language, in part, reads: “Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: ‘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.’; and Whereas, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and whereas, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and Whereas, today, in 2008, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government. … Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 2nd session of the 51st Oklahoma Legislature: that the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. That this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.”
HOLY COW! Finally, a state has the political will to come out and tell Washington, D.C., that federal does not mean NATIONAL, and that they’ve (the feds) have overstepped their jurisdiction under the Constitution. Ofcourse we learn that this bill has hit a bottle neck in the Oklahoma Senate, so it hasn’t passed out of the state congress to be signed by the governor. But wouldn’t it be nice if the rest of the states came out in a similar manner and took a stand FOR the Constitution?
And why hasn’t it passed in the Senate (which is split 24-24 Repubs/Dems), because the Dems have refused to even HEAR it and it was stuck in committee until they recessed. Standard Dems, don’t put it on the floor for a vote…
Here is a direct link to the bill.
H-tip to Bill Whittle’s E-3 Gazette.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Aha! Maybe some other states will follow suit on this!
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
AoW,
I can only hope that this would happen and spread…. but I am not holding my breath… I think there are some states that enjoy the feds patting ‘em on the head like step-children..
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Good grief! Wouldn’t that be a hoot – if ALL of the states passed something like this!
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
This sounds great and I’m all for it but the states seem to forget ’states rights’ when they have their hand out for money. I like local control, the more local the better, but we need to let the locals foot the bill.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Chuck,
I agree whole-heartedly. And before the federal income tax, Uncle Sam didn’t have a huge inflow of revenue which in turn gave the feds the ability to dangle said tax dollars in front of the states. Heck, the feds are like a drug pusher who gives the first hit for free, and then starts charging when the users start coming back for more. Extremely frustrating…
July 25th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
ALL states should take the stand. NH is pretty good but since the Democrats took over we’re been losing more and more freedoms. We do have a way to keep check though…thru petition we can oust every single elected official without a vote. And some of us are considering just this. Even Democrats in my state are growing leary of the BS.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Keeping it local gives people more power, more say in how much they are taxed, and where the money goes.