Posted on 01/27/2013 5:28:53 AM PST by WKB
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again.
Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws.
Chism said Thursday that the tea party-backed measure is a response to President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul and proposals to curb gun violence.
"Certainly, the Obamacare started this," Chism told The Associated Press, referring to the health care plan, "but then gun show loopholes that the president wanted after Newtown really put an exclamation on that -- that we need to do something to stand up for the Tenth Amendment."
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What about the admistration at “Ole Miss”? That’s where it comes from and I don’t believe they are even Southern.
I ain't from around here but I've been in Mississippi for more than 10 years now. More than anything else I am thankful for the efforts of this state to totally eliminate abortion. Praise God!
Unfortunately, that is commonplace in most states nowadays.
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