Sovereignty resolution
Posted in Straight Shooter by R Lee Wrights on August 4th, 2009 by Jessi Winchester, author of From Bordello to Ballot Box and America: The Final Chapter
“As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government.”
- Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize Winner Miami Herald Journalist
The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the United States Constitution set forth the direction and principles the Founders intended for the nation. The framers looked far into the future and were concerned that if the federal government were too powerful, tyranny would result. Unfortunately, they were so correct. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments were meant to be a check and balance that would restrain the power of the federal government by granting states a high degree of sovereignty.
The Tenth Amendment grants all powers to the states that are not clearly defined in the Constitution as being federal powers and the federal powers were originally very limited. That all changed with Lincoln’s administration. His obsession with a centralized government drove everything he did as president. He pushed his ‘corporate welfare’ agenda to the exclusion of what was right for the citizens of the United States and eventually placed those citizens under siege with an armed military in order to obtain his goal. States’ rights got in the way of Lincoln’s goal for a powerful central government so he simply went about rewriting history to flip-flop the authority of federal versus state power. Daniel Webster fabricated a theory that the federal government existed first so the states were subsequently “created” by the federal government and therefore, the primary power belonged to the centralized government. Lincoln embraced that ludicrous revision, thereby actually changing the intent of the Tenth Amendment. From Lincoln’s tenure forward, the federal government continued it thirsty quest for power, virtually swallowing up states’ rights in the process, a practice that continues to the present day.
Enabling the president(s) are Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Representatives are elected to be a voice of the people … not employees of the President. We clearly see the majority of representatives vote for bills the president pressures them to enact, even when those laws are devastating to the citizens the representatives supposedly are there to protect. Fear for their own political future drives many and fear of the wrath from the Oval Office drives others. Congress has betrayed the American public that sent them to Washington with specific messages and every one of those who pander to the federal government rather than the wishes of the citizens of their states, should be fired and removed from office.
A major flaw in the check and balance theory of the three branches of government is how the U.S. Supreme Court Justices obtain their lifelong appointments. Rather than the people voting for the Justices, the President appoints them and the same elected representatives that have failed the voting public are the ones that confirm the appointment. Each president has his own agenda and therefore, his supreme court appointment(s) simply enhance his own plan of action. Over time, congressional representatives have enabled the federal government to pilfer rights that legally belong to the states along with supreme court case laws that illegally deny rights to the states that are lawfully theirs. The three branches of government have ignored the Constitution and stolen rights and power that lawfully belong to the states. The more citizens stand by and watch the federal government get involved in areas where it has no authority, the more we kill the Constitution little by little and the more states lose the sovereignty granted to them by the blueprint of our nation.
The federal government has vastly overstepped its boundaries and usurped powers not allowed by the Constitution and is without question out of line. When the federal government infringes on the peoples rights, it is up to the state legislatures to protect the citizens of their state. The time for talk is past. It is time for action. The Obama administration is inflicting unheard of draconian measures that are so far outside the boundaries of the Constitution and the history of the entire United States, that states have begun to take measures to try to stop the impending oppression.
Many states are attempting to enact a non-binding Sovereignty Resolution that reaffirms state sovereignty and puts the Feds on notice that the states will not assist the federal government with any action that falls outside the perimeters of the U.S. Constitution and its designation of limited power for the federal government.
Some citizens confuse sovereignty with secession. They are two separate issues. This resolution does NOT advocate seceding from the union. It simply puts the Feds on notice that the state intends to employ its Tenth Amendment rights as a sovereign state and attempts to compel the federal government to follow the law of the land - the U.S. Constitution. It basically tells the Feds to “cease and desist” illegal activity. Great achievements begin with actions such as this grass roots movement. If we intend to take back our nation, return to the basics of the U.S. Constitution, protect our disappearing rights, and prevent a tyrannical police state / dictatorship …. then it is incumbent upon the citizens of this country to find their backbone and DEMAND our representatives - both on a state and federal level - do the right thing and stop this insanity.
In my home state of Nevada, the U.S. Constitution along with Section 1 and Section 20 of the Nevada State Constitution grant Nevada the duty and right to reaffirm our state sovereignty. Any member of the state legislature who fails to uphold that duty does not deserve to hold their office and should be replaced in the next election. The people are fed up and ready to take action.
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