Posted on 03/08/2009 6:57:37 AM PDT by Idabilly
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixtieth Legislature First Regular Session 2009 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 4 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A JOINT MEMORIAL 2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE3 SENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND THE 4 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE 5 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of Idaho 7 assembled in the First Regular Session of the Sixtieth Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully 8 represent that: 9 WHEREAS, Section 2, Article I, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho, sets forth the 10 Declaration of Rights and reads as follows: "All political power is inherent in the people. 11 Government is instituted for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right to alter, 12 reform or abolish the same whenever they may deem it necessary; and no special privileges or 13 immunities shall ever be granted that may not be altered, revoked, or repealed by the legisla14 ture."; and 15 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as fol16 lows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it 17 to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”; and 18 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that 19 specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and 20 WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal 21 government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and 22 WHEREAS, today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal 23 government; and 24 WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to 25 the Constitution of the United States; and 26 WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 27 505 U.S. 144 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory 28 processes of the states; and 29 WHEREAS, Congress has inappropriately delegated its monetary authority to the private 30 federal reserve bank, thus failing to protect and provide a sound monetary system as defined 31 and mandated by the Constitution of the United States, forcing an unstable currency on us 32 resulting in the past, and the current, economic perils; and 33 WHEREAS, a number of proposals from past and present Administrations and Congress 34 may violate the Constitution of the United States. 35 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session of 36 the Sixtieth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring therein, 37 that the state of Idaho hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitu38 tion of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal 39 government by the Constitution of the United States. 2 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this serves as notice and demand to the federal gov2 ernment, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the 3 scope of these constitutionally delegated powers. 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all compulsory federal legislation that directs states 5 to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions, or requires states to pass 6 legislation or lose federal funding, be prohibited. 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives be, 8 and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the President 9 of the United States, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represen10 tatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the 11 Congress of the United States.
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4
Legislative Co-sponsors
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixtieth Legislature First Regular Session - 2009
Representative Lenore Barrett
Representative Phil Hart
Representative Marv Hagedorn
Representative Judy Boyle
Representative Steven Thayn
Representative Paul Shepherd
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS18733
The purpose of this House Joint Memorial is to inform the United States Congress the State of Idaho hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United states and hereby serves notice and demand to the federal government, to cease and desist, effective immediately, federal mandates directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment, compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under civil or criminal penalties or sanctions, or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding.
STATES RIGHTS!!!!!
here here!
Are the people of Idaho ready to back this up with secession, if need be? Don’t let this be toothless.
I hope they sent a copy of the Constitution to Wash DC. I don’t think anyone there has one.
Way to go, Idaho!
Idaho is an interesting state with many a retiree being LEO.
Well...
I don’t understand why it took this long? But~ better late than never! It would be nice to read that all “Federal” Tax is NOW the property of The State of Idaho..After we pay OUR bills we’ll see what we can give away to the “Citizens of the World”!!!!
The federal government has encroached upon states rights for a long time. We are witnessing the beginning of a struggle for liberty against a tyrannical and corrupt federal government.
Let’s bring it on.
All (57) (oh, and 1 more, I think) states need to do this.....to make their intentions known....
Too bad New Hampshire couldn’t do the same. “Live Free or Die” used to be our motto. Now with the libtards in charge, it’s a punchline.
There is a bill in the Michigan legislature similar to this one. This kind of thing is catching on.
Yes, the federal government itself causes the calamity of the housing mess, and then sit up there and pontificate and lecture against everybody else, and their solution is to confiscate my money I use to pay my mortgage and use it to pay other people’s mortgage. It is beyond belief that they can get away with this.
“Are the people of Idaho ready to back this up with secession, if need be? Don’t let this be toothless.”
I can’t say what the Transplanted libTARDS will do? Maybe MOVE BACK to Commiefornia? We can only PRAY that Idaho & Others Stand firm or We are surely doomed by Marxism
Why did we even bother with the Cold War?
First they lend OUR money in an effort in helping those who DON’T belong or CAN’T pay for a house payment..THEN them same JOKES in D.C want to break CONTRACT LAW! Sooo much for working hard and earning what you got!!
Good on them!
Oh. My Eyes.
Did it pass?
What type of bill is this? Is it a non-binding resolution, as with some other states?
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