Serious State Pushback
I believe this is our only real hope to get our country back:
Serious State Pushback
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this does present Hope..
thanks
How about this argument: states have decided to assume jurisdiction to those items not specifically provided to the federal government (enumeration clause) to legislate upon. There is this archeic 10th amendment of the constitution, still in tact incidentally, that reserves all powers not specifically given to the federal government to remain with the states or the people directly. Of course that one is number 10 and far down the list of those we already don’t pay much attention to now. But still, it does seem somewhat important, not some quaint notion discussed over a few ales at some Philadelphia tavern.
Let me state this up front, I am 100% in favor of state nullification laws. I agree that this is the only way the road to the recovery of a Constitutional Republic leads. This is the only way to rein in a federal government that is way out of control.
With the way DHS, the FBI, and a whole host of other federal agencies have gone off the hook, arming their agents to the hilt and encouraging what I can only describe as a "jack-boot" attitude, what will happen when local LEOs (most likely a county sheriff and their deputies) enforce state laws and actually try to arrest over zealous, over armed federal agents that have overstepped their bounds?
I firmly believe there are elements in the federal government that are hoping for some sort of an an armed confrontation; one that the above situation could elicit. Look at the relationship the bureaucracy has fostered towards the people of this country. It can be described as adversarial, at best, dictatorial at worst. They would then be able use it as an excuse to enact more Draconian measure against the populace.
The die is cast. More and more nullification laws are going to be passed; as they should. Barring some great awakening that leads this country peacefully back to its roots, there is a violent storm on the horizon.
It is the only way to bring the Federal govt under control. Look for it to get worse as this country slides toward total economic collapse and increasing police state.
Amen to that. We need to invade school boards and other such things. Defy the blue state led feds
Expect no assist from federal courts. Most of the judges grew up in an educational and professional environment that disdained the Constitution in general and the 9th/10th Amendments in particular. The distinctions between making/executing/judging law have become dangerously blurred as courts increasingly write laws and the executive agency administrative courts adjudicate regulations with the force of law.
If the movement toward nullification is as strong as the author reports, the answer is to repeal the 17th Amendment. Put the states back in the national government as our Framers did, and we'll see the end of judges hostile to the states, and stop writing laws that are within state prerogatives.
The Constitution gave us a peaceful means to correct our mistakes. The 17th must go.