[mirkwood]

So did they?

[SaveTheChief]

I like it, but since when has the federal government cared about the Constitution?

[Keith in Iowa]

Looks great on paper, but of what practical use is this?

[Crazieman]

holy cow

popcorn

[Army Air Corps]

As state reclaiming its power...interesting...

[eyedigress]

There goes their Click It or Ticket money.

[EternalVigilance]

I like it.

[ConorMacNessa]

Of course, the original thirteen were sovereign states who ceded power to the Federal Government at the inception of the Republic, but Oklahoma derives its status from an act of the Federal Government authorized by the Constitution. From where does their sovereignty derive?

[ken21]

propellors will start falling off of their airplanes again.

[Non-Sequitur]

Where’s Billy Sherman and his army when you need them.

[Know et al]

Where is Abe Lincoln when you need him? /sarc

[Tax-chick]

Has this passed both houses and been signed by the (urk) Governor?

[rockinqsranch]

The timing of this makes me wonder if Oklahoma is preparing for something they anticipate the Federal Government is going to do under Dem leadership that they think requires this declaration. It seems more an affirmation of an existing clause. Damned if I know what it’s all about, but seems precautionary to me.

[AmericaUnited]

They might want to consult with South Carolina first and see how that worked out...

[B4Ranch]

It may just be time for all who support State sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to load up your tools with the associated supplies for a trip to Oklahoma. I have no idea just what is over the horizen but my first thought was blue helmets. If that is the case then my full support can be counted upon.

[RogerD]

State sovereignty ... Tenth Amendment ... enumerated powers ...?"

There are actually people who believe that stuff is still in the Constitution in the 21st century? Clearly the Democrats have more work to do, explaining how abortion and gay marriage are in there, but the 10th Amendment disappeared from the Living Constitution, the real one, back in the last century.

[LibWhacker]

Red state rebellion! Oh, man, I’d love to see all the red states do this, and make it stick. Put the hate-America crowd on notice that they’re finished.

[Wolfstar]

WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states

As a die-hard constitutional conservative, I love this resolution by the Oklahoma legislature. Unfortunately, the states discarded their true agents at the federal level when they ratified the 27th Amendment in 1913. That amendment removed from the states their right to appoint their two senators. That was the states' key check on federal power in the original Constitution, and the states stupidly threw it away.

The Constitution already ensured that the people of the several states could directly elect their own representatives. That's why the House of Representatives was once called the people's house. Senators were agents for their state governments, and the country's President and Vice President were our only national elected offices.

In my opinion, the 27th Amendment, combined with the 26th (income taxes), also ratified in 1913, totally turned our original constitutional system upside down. These two amendments gave the federal government far, far more power than the founders ever intended. It's why we have senators like Byrd, Kennedy, Thurmond, and too many others who are de facto senators for life. It's why senators see themselves instead of agents for their states.

So while Oklahoma's sovereignty resolution is a welcome tiny step toward what I hope will be a rebirth of the proper role of the states in our republic, it has little practical effect at this time.

[Sacajaweau]

It applied to the 13 original states...Each state was instructed to write their State Constitution PRIOR TO the Federal Constitution.

[kenavi]

Aiming for Olympics gold medal in wresting (free-style)?