Guest warns against Big Brother, Real ID (also -HCR 13 reclaims Missouri’s sovereignty

St, Joe News ^ | 2/11/9 | Alyson E. Raletz

[do the dhue]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The leader of a movement against national driver’s licenses promoted legislation Tuesday that would prompt a showdown between the states and the federal government.

While some lawmakers alluded to fears of the Federal Real ID Act of 2005 as conspiracy theories, state Rep. Jim Guest, R-King City, warned that requirements that could come down from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would put Missourians’ identities at risk, pointing to easily scannable biometric technology.

“We do not need Big Brother watching us and knowing where we are,” Mr. Guest said.

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Also Tuesday, Mr. Guest proposed a resolution (HCR 13) that reclaims Missouri’s sovereignty under the U.S. Constitution’s Tenth Amendment, arguing that the national government issues too many federal mandates.

[freema]

New Hampshire did something like Missiouri
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html

[do the dhue]

http://www.fontcraft.com/rod/?p=849

As things stand right now it looks like Oklahoma, Washington, Hawaii, Missouri, Arizona, New Hampshire, Georgia, California, Michigan and Montana will all definitely consider sovereignty bills this year. They may be joined by Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Alaska, Kansas, Alabama, Nevada, Maine and Pennsylvania where legislators have pledged to introduce similar bills. Twenty states standing up to the federal government and demanding a return to constitutional principles is a great start, but it remains to be seen whether legislatures and governors are brave enough or angry enough to follow through. As the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress push for more expansion of federal power and spending that may help provide the motivation needed for the sovereignty movement to take off.

[do the dhue]

Yup.

[scott7278]

This is the type of revolution we need -- one that restores the U.S. Constitution to its rightful place, and thus respects the rights of the States.

"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" - Amendment X of the U.S. Constitution

I've been quoting Amendment X along with Article I, Section 8 extensively lately, especially to people who seem to think that the federal government is the answer to all of our problems. When you read the following, it becomes clear that the government IS the problem:

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Article I, Section 8. "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings;--And

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof."

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Now, imagine how much more liberty we would have if the U.S. Congress would follow the above prescription, and leave the rest to the States?

Federal taxes would be much lower, and if an individual State began to tax too much, the laws of capitalism would kick in -- they either would have to scale back or lose residents.

United States citizens could also decide whether they agreed with the policies of their state, and if not, they would be free to move. Then, they could wait until that former state began to crumble under liberalism. No more federal laws which seek to make every state alike -- no more push for the "United Nation of America" (which is what the Left is all about).

I've heard the false argument uttered, "Well, what about slavery? You go back to states' rights, you go back to slavery." Since slavery is prohibited under Amendment XIII, it is not a power that's reserved to a State. It's not a valid argument.

Following Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution leads to "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!"

[do the dhue]

Excellent post. Thank you.

Now, imagine how much more liberty we would have if the U.S. Congress would follow the above prescription, and leave the rest to the States? That is what our forefathers had in mind, otherwise we wouldn't have had States. Just one big State.

[buschbaby]

This is my neighboring rep. He is a real asshat. The county party donated to his challenger. So, this is surprising to me. Maybe the cold shoulder by the party opened his eyes... nah, never happen. I can support him on this and will be letting my friends in Jeff City know that too.

[ForGod'sSake]

A quick scan of this one shows Mizzou dealing with some specific items, ie, national ID as yet another edict handed down from the D.C. Mount...

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