Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Breaking News: Power to the People! Repeal Amendment Gaining Strength
Right Side News ^ | 11/26/10 | James Simpson

Posted on 11/26/2010 1:29:20 PM PST by RightSideNews

Yet another unanticipated fastball has been hurled directly at the radical left’s destructive agenda. It is called the Repeal Amendment. Brainchild of Georgetown Constitutional Law Professor Randy Barnett, the proposal has gotten legs with the help of Florida attorney Marianne Moran, Executive Director of RepealAmendment.org.The proposal calls for a constitutional amendment that would allow the states, by a two-thirds majority vote, to repeal objectionable federal legislation and regulations. Virginia Representative Eric Cantor, slated to be Majority Leader in the upcoming Congress, has gotten behind the movement, as has Virginia’s governor, and lieutenant governor, leaders in the state legislature and Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cantor articulates the justification well:

(Excerpt) Read more at rightsidenews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 10th; 10thamendment; constitution; notbreakingnews; obamacare; repeal; repealamendment; states; statesrights
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-148 last
To: Sequoyah101

“...this could be done with a Constitutional Convention. IT IS TIME.”

HELL NO!!!

A constitutional convention CANNOT be constrained! I remind you that we got the constitution in the first place as a result of a convention that was convened SOLELY to tweak and improve The Articles of Confederation!!

With half of the country totally ignorant or openly hostile of the meaning/intent of our constitution, the last thing we want to do is give those crazies a chance to abolish it!!!


141 posted on 11/29/2010 11:38:19 AM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies]

To: RightSideNews

Yeah:

#1)
The Tenth Amendment already covers this.

#2) It may have unintended consequences

A) Being that it implicitly gives supremecy to the Federal government (reocognizes this authority becuase STATES have to overrule acts of the Federal Government),

B) That is stops the efforts of individual states from acting to nullify (or confront the Federal govenment) on their own (or in a group of states less than a majority); power which they already have under the 10th Amendment.

C)..i am sure there are others.

D) It is stupid!

J.S.


142 posted on 11/29/2010 6:47:47 PM PST by JSDude1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TheThinker

Wouldn’t need the danged thing if we returned to the original constitution, where the state’s selected their Senators.

For then the state governments would have their ‘ambassadors’ to the Federal government.

But instead, we have the travesty of having two houses of the legislature acting as the ‘people’s house’, ie: House of Representatives.

And thus the Federal legislature would return to normal, with one House speaking for the people, and the other - the Senate - speaking for the states.


143 posted on 11/30/2010 7:15:32 AM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

The Tenth amendment is ignored because there is no one in the Federal government that is beholden to the states.

Senators used to be beholden to the States, as they were selected by state government... and could be recalled by state government. So if there was any legislation that came up that would hurt state’s interests, they would have to vote against it.

Return the selection of Senators back to the states and you’ll definitely see much more interest in defending and enforcing the Tenth amendment.


144 posted on 11/30/2010 7:27:11 AM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 128 | View Replies]

To: ChildOfThe60s
Each new (legal and proper) attempt by the people to shrink the Federal monster will be met with more repression by bureaucratic agencies that make their own laws without congress.

[paraphrase] "The more you tighten your grip, the more systems will slip through your grasp" [/paraphrase]

145 posted on 11/30/2010 7:31:56 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: RightSideNews
I can't find a downside to this Amendment.


146 posted on 11/30/2010 7:31:59 AM PST by Artemis Webb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kingattax
"America was created by and belongs to God."

I cannot and will never be convinced that men like Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Madison and Washington were brought together in the same place and at the same time by pure chance.

147 posted on 11/30/2010 7:35:05 AM PST by Artemis Webb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: gogogodzilla
I wouldn't have agreed with you before but the more I think about it, the more I tend to agree.

Everything now depends upon the attention and grasp of Constitutional principles as understood by the man or woman on the street. The People are now saddled with the complete responsibility of checking the Federal government.

Given that the Leftists control the educational system, it appears that even if such a system could work, it has little chance of success in the long term.

148 posted on 12/04/2010 1:04:54 PM PST by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 143 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-148 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson