Comments on: State Sovereignty Movement Quietly Growing

By: Robert Davis (Bear River, WY)

Robert Davis (Bear River, WY) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:25:33 +0000

Our government is out of control leading to tyranny and socialism. State soverighty and state rights must bring a balance of power back to america. If we lose, we all will suffer the lost of our nation to un control, probly being led by Obama-democrates and other power such as Hitler-Stalin, Lenin did to there country bring it to slavery. Americans fight for freedom for family and nation. Veterans know the price for freedom,it is lives they have sacrificed in the past and now again if need to do save america and americans need to stand up to fight for this. What has happen to our elected officals that will not uphold the laws of america? Are they desertors, or cowards to not to defend america. Have dignity you elected officals. You know what I mean. Wyoming cares about it’s citizens rights.

By: Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:41:54 +0000

This is all well and good, expect that this state sovereignty is unnecessary, and another one of those “shut up” moves by the state legislatures rather than doing what they need to do in order to curtail the federal government and act as “representatives” of the people rather than “agents” of the feds. In Article IV, Section 4 it already asserts the “sovereignty” of the states by “guaranteeing to each state a Republican form of government,” and the Tenth Amendment already reinforces that any and all powers not given to the federal government rest with the states and the people.

This is redundancy, and will serve no purpose unless and until the states actually start suing the federal government for “lack of performance” when they don’t provide the revenue or resources for the enumerated powers, or start filing “injunctions” when they overstep their powers and start forcing the state’s and people to cowtow to their unconstitutional edicts.

This is nothing more than a move in “word” that will not be enforced by “deed,” unless more energy is put into confronting the state legislators also on the “negligence” in doing their proscribed functions when the feds are either out of line, or themselves negligent in their duties.

Nothing more than more bureaucracy and looking like they are doing something, when actually doing nothing at all.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:17:13 +0000

Several states have joined the movement towards less federal control and regulation. The increasing expansion of federal power is so blatant and real that legislation has been drafted by various states citing the 10th Amendment in the Bill of Rights 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.”

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By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:08:05 +0000

My family and I are trying to spread the word here in Missouri, urging people to contact their respective reps. I hope it catches fire here and enough pressure will be placed on the State government that they will pass this bill. We cannot let one state stand alone, we must be of a united voice. If you live in a state with pending resolutions; email, write, call, and copy. Spread the word. This has not to do with politics, but everything to do with liberty. Make Paul Revre proud!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:27:04 +0000

Although I dream us of returning to the 1790 Constitutional government, I know that is not reasonable to ask that they give up that much power over our life’s and thus return that much liberty to us to people.

I can only pray that something will come of this, our government was never meant to be this intrusive!

To be frank I don’t think there really is any other way to go about this, given the historic patter establish by FDR’s new deal dropping the replacement rate from 50% to less than 10% almost executively filtering out all those who believe in small government (thus states rights) while retaining those willing to uses governments new power to effetely buy reelection.(big government)

It’s simply not likely that we can ever elect a congress that will return power to the state and be able later simply take it back again. Either we focused on electing State legislators that take it back by force therefore denying Congress the ability to take it back or there can be no balance between the powers and with no balance there can be any Constitution retained.
We did a horrible thing we passed the 17th amendment and effetely deprived States from the practical ability to protect themselves and thought that process of competition protect the U.S. Constitution.
Since that time the words of Thomas Jefferson continue to ring ever more true:

“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”- Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. Carrington, May 27, 1788

We don’t have anything to win this fight with but the States, and we never will with out the States. Only the states have the natural power driven interest to protect there rights, and thus our rights thou them.

Of course if we don’t do this, our country will continue to be ever more centralized until it is a Unitarian State, while at the same time our natural size dictated diversity will continue to drive politics to be evermore high profile. There can be no mistake over the long run so long as we suppress each others rights thou “democracy” we are headed for a 2nd Civil War, Dictatorship, or Collapse.

By: david

david — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:17:11 +0000

talk is cheap and actions speak louder then words i think its time for a cleaning of house the states need to band together in the people intrests and mandate a cease on federal income tax completely put a stop to the tyranny and then round up all of the people responsible for this nightmare of an empire and a disgrace of a country and simply teach them that for their treason of hyjacking our good name that the ultimate price will be paid.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:05:38 +0000

Repealing the 17th amendment and going back to Article 1 section 3 would go a long way in states regaining their sovereignty. State senators who wanted to retain their jobs wouldn’t saddle their state with unfunded mandates from the federal government. Those senators would be quickly recalled.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:43:52 +0000

It’s about time the states take back our freedoms from the tyrany of the federal government. One by one they have eroded our freedoms to the point that we don’t even know what is legal or illegal.

By: GIGI

GIGI — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:11:45 +0000

If this movement grows, and the feds try to act in an unconstitutonal response, just walk away from them. They cannot run their system without key personnel. They are ready for violence and are not to be engaged on massive scale in such a way.

By: JW

JW — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:13:27 +0000

For too long the federal government has run roughshod over the will of the average working people who pay the bills in this country. Taxation without representation I say. The latest “porkulus bill” is just another fine example. As a Texan and as an American I don’t really care for paying millions to finance a study of the salt marsh mouse in Nancy Pelosi’s district or any of the other hundreds of insane pork projects these idiots can dream up. Particularly when our country is bankrupt. Precisely the kind of thing that got us in this mess.

The states need to reclaim the power granted to them by the constitution which was been slowly abdicated to the federal government. You may wonder how or why state sovereignty can effect the federal government. Asserting sovereignty seems to be the most likely peaceful way the people could potentially rein in Washington and regain the power and liberty that has been stolen from them. If the federal government refuses to abide by the constitution, then the states in turn have the right to secede. Now I am not saying this will happen but these are the steps. If states assert sovereignty, it could be the first step towards limiting the powers of the federal government and allow us to return to the concept of limited federal government our founding fathers envisioned.

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
–John F. Kennedy

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