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Posted on 05/06/2009 7:39:50 AM PDT by NoObamaFightForConservatives
Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma’s sovereignty.
Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor’s approval.
The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate.
"We’re going to get it done one way or the other,” said the resolutions’ author, Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City.
"I think our governor is out of step.”
House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed, but House Speaker Pro Tempore Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, ruled the veto is not final action.
Key said he expects HCR 1028 will pass in the Senate. HJR 1003 earlier passed the House 83-18 and won approval in the Senate 29-18.
Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars.
Key said HCR 1028, which, if passed, would be sent to Democratic President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress, would not jeopardize federal funds but would tell Congress to "get back into their proper constitutional role.” The resolution states the federal government should "cease and desist” mandates that are beyond the scope of its powers.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsok.com ...
Excellent news. Hopefully more states will start fighting back against tyranny.
“House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed”
Dem’s just hate it when they have to follow the ‘rule of law’ and the Constitution (State or U.S.).
Unless, of course, it’s in their favor.
Yes exactly! One state needed to take the lead.
Bless those Okies!
In researching which states to move to upon retirement, OK seems to be the leader of the pack as far as conservatism goes. They vote Republican at a higher percentage than other states (I know, these days that may not be a consrvative thing but...) And their anti-illegal immigration laws are top notch.
Making plans to move back to McLoud, OK... my home town... Yippeee!!!
>Hopefully more states will start fighting back against tyranny.
Maybe we should buy a copy of Liberty and Tyranny for our representatives, governors, and such.
N.C. WAS on the list what happened?
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Bingo. This is what this country needs.
I hope this state sovereignty thing is a growing trend. States rights have been stripped away from us for years.
The American people are no longer being represented, and they know it!
The tea parties are going to get bigger and bigger. Thank God, people are finally speaking up.
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We get it right down here. Now, if we can get the governorship back this state can really move forward.
This is great news. The politicians in Washington must be dumbfounded.
Can you ping someone that can ping Tennesee as well?
Ping!
BTTT
Well, since I’m from New York, I guess being on the OKLAHOMA ping list isn’t quite the place to be.
But thanks for the invite anyway!
Our Governor is a doofus Dem. He served his first term, acted rather conservative and got reelected, but this second term has him firmly in the Dem fold and proudly showing his colors. Good thing he’s term limited, altho I really doubt he would be reelected even if he could run.
Another step forward for the Constitution.
Let’s all join in support of the Tenth Amendment.
It wasn’t really an invite...I was just pinging Oklahoma to your most excellent post!
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A meaningless gesture. The piece of paper has no teeth.
Link of facts, please?
The story is the link.
The piece of paper is asking Washington to be Constitutional. What do you think the answer will be?
It`s red meat to the masses that does nothing but temporarily satiate and calms.
Hasn’t passed the Senate yet.
I read one states docs that had specifics that the feds must commit in order for the state to break away. Gun rights, in basic language, the U.N. usurping the U.S.I do not think it is an immediate action, only one that breaks away when the feds and the U.N. and Obama go (pardon the droll black helicopter term ) all NWO global.
Good for those people
Good for those people
And Texas in a strong way.
It is odd that Tx. and NC are missing from the list of states all of a sudden.
Leave New Orleans behind and it might work.
Now if Texas would only do the same. Obama is driving states out of the union with his big taxes and tyranny.
I’ll ask again why is Tx. and NC no longer on the list? Anybody know?
Not funny. Don’t be dissin NOLA man! Baton Rouge nor yankee La. are much better. LOL.
Sorry, States do not have a Constitutional leg to stand on and declare unilateral cessation from the Union.
You have ol` Abe to thank for that USSC decision. He packed the court with his stooges and they made up this law from nothing.
There are alot of things done today that are supposedly not of the rules of law. I suggest the right all live on the right of the USA and the left the left. We can historically name it the Marxist-Conservative line.
I hope the tea parties get tremendously huge!!!
OBAMA: " Joe, is that the sound of State's Right's adovcates tryin' tuh f**k up my sh*t?"
BIDEN: "Duh... I dunno..."
You've been brainwashed, and have it exactly backward.
The federal government is a creation of the states, and the people thereof. The Constitution defines the federal government, and the limits within which it must exist.
The powers not specifically delegated to the federal government, are retained by the states and the people.
Voluntary association. Abe was wrong in forcing the issue. The length of time someone believes a “wrong” thing does not make it any more true or logical. This goes double for the FedGov and the SCOTUS.
Tennessee Senate Affirms Sovereignty under the 10th Amendment
On May 4th, the Tennessee State Senate voted unanimously in support of Senate Joint Resolution 311 (31 yay - 0 nay). The resolution, sponsored by Senator Randy McNally, is designed to send Congress a message that the federal government has overstepped its Constitutional bounds by mandating a massive amount of federal policies upon the states in violation of the 10th Amendment.
The resolution now awaits transmittal to the House.
Read the full text below:
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:
“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.”; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and
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; and
WHEREAS, today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”, and the Ninth Amendment states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that the State of Tennessee hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all compulsory federal legislation which directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be distributed to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the Speaker of the Senate of each state’s legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation.
What happened to Tx. and NC doing this?
Your post was a link. After visiting it I thought it was worth the real thing as a post. I’m from Tennessee and wasn’t aware of the event.
NC? Tx? I don’t know
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I agree, never said it was right.
Ol` Abe was a tyrant and proved it stacking the court with his stooges to make up law out of nothing .
Naturally, i agree. The Fed is i`m guessing about 80% unconstitutional. Even Jefferson asked for an amendment to the constitution for the fed to get involved in education.
But,
” The bill does not have any practical legal effect “
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/06/oklahoma-legislature-asserts-sovereignty-overrides-veto/
Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars.
Because the gov is a DEMOCRAT.
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