Regarding:
23 WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means
24 that the federal government was created by the states specifically to
25 be limited in its powers relative to those of the various states; and
26 WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as
27 agents of the federal government; and
28 WHEREAS, Many federal mandates are directly in violation of the
29 Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
30 WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v.
31 United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply
32 commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
33 WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and
34 some now being considered by the present administration and from
35 Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States;
36 NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully resolve:
37 (1) That the State of Washington hereby claims sovereignty under
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1 the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all
2 powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government
3 by the Constitution of the United States; and
4 (2) That this serve as a Notice and Demand to the federal
5 government to maintain the balance of powers where the Constitution of
6 the United States established it and to cease and desist, effective
7 immediately, any and all mandates that are beyond the scope of its
8 constitutionally delegated powers.
9 BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
10 transmitted to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United
11 States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
12 House of Representatives, the President of the Senate and the Speaker
13 of the House of Representatives of each state's legislature of the
14 United States of America, and each member of Congress from the State of
15 Washington.
This is terrific! This is as it should be! The Federal Government needs to be reigned in by the States! The Federal Government's authority needs to decrease...and the State's authority needs to increase. The Feds get it so very, very wrong...over, and over, and over again...
If the Federal Government, in general...and the Executive Branch, in particular...are too powerful...then, when they are corrupted and subverted...the consequences are absolutely devastating. If the power is spread out more evenly...it is much more difficult for corrupt individuals and organizations...to scuttle the United States of America. I feel like we are a big ship being towed outside a safe-harbor...to be scuttled at sea with a controlled demolition...to clear the way for a New World Disorder Alien-Theocracy. I know I'm neurotic and paranoid...but that doesn't mean they're not out to get us!