Idaho stands up/10th Amendment

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ^ | 3-5-09 | Representative R. J. Harwood

[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it necessary; and no special privileges or 13 immunities shall ever be granted that may not be altered, revoked, or repealed by the legisla14 ture."; and 15 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as fol16 lows: “The powers not delegated to the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.

[Domandred]

TES after House Memorial 3 (reasserting 2nd Amendment Rights) I knew Idaho was going to be doing this eventually.

[Idabilly]

It’s a start~

After standing up to a bully the First time..The second isn’t that hard

[Domandred]

It’s a non-binding statement of policy interpretation or belief. HJM 3 (still in committee) directed the Idaho delegation in congress to vote against any and all gun rights restrictions, specifically citing HR 45. Which way they vote of course is still their prerogative.

[bgill]

WTG, Idaho.

[PGalt]

Good news! The laboratories of democracy have become the stomping grounds of socialists.

[JSDude1]

Well there are six territories (major) so maybe they need to start the process to declare their indepence too!

[JSDude1]

ping.

[nbhunt]

would that be 57 or 58 states? uhhhh I guess I'm getting old cause I can't remember states 51-58 ! I guess those are Obama's states...empty and nothing to them... But the O has assured us that there is 57...maybe 58 state. And we all know that the O knows what he is talking about....yeh right!

That one statement of him visiting 57 and one more to go, just says volumes, in it self, what he is, or thinks he is.

[oneolcop]

This hasn’t passed yet. If you’re from Idaho, make sure you contact your representative and Senator to let them know how you feel.

[Idabilly]

Many of us have been pushing our Rep’s up in the Northern part of Idaho....

[Repeal 16-17]

Are the people of Idaho ready to back this up with secession, if need be? Don’t let this be toothless.

Why secession? I'd prefer expulsion... OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!

[ForGod'sSake]

Thanks again JSDude1.

Idaho has entered the room(again)! ♫

Previous Idaho (middle)finger wagging at the federales for not minding their own business: Right to Keep and Bear Arms - Idaho House Joint Memorial 3

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[txnativegop]

thanks!

[RobinOfKingston]

I don’t understand why it took this long? But~ better late than never!

Excerpted from the Declaration of Independence:

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies;

For that last word, "Colonies", substitute "States and the citizens thereof."

I am one native Idahoan who is prepared to do what I can to assist in the furtherance of this cause. Time will tell how that gets specifically defined.

[MichiganConservative]

That works too, yeah.

[Idabilly]

We simply can’t allow them to take any more of our Rights’ away without a fight..I for one want ALL of my Rights’ restored and this Federal Government placed back within the Chains of the Constitution!

Our we must demand our State to leave

[myself6]

Michigan wont pass. None of the socialist states will pass this.

[Idabilly]

Sorry about that “our” Suppose to say “Or”..

I figure the Freedom loving people of Idaho have had enough!We really don’t share the values of 55% of American nor this Chicago THUG they elected President neither..If only our Sister State {Montana} would join us we would have Oil & More hunting

[NTHockey]

51. State of Confusion;
52. State of Chaos;
53. State of Befuddlement;
54. State of Anarchy;
55. State of Tyranny;
56. The Unsteady State;
57. State of Despondency; and
58. State of Sin.

[2001convSVT]

How many state (and which ones) have sign these resolutions into law? They need to “JUST DO IT”.