Posted on 01/03/2015 4:16:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Legislators in the 24 states where Republicans now hold total control plan to push a series of aggressive policy initiatives in the coming year aimed at limiting the power of the federal government and rekindling the culture wars.
The unprecedented breadth of the Republican majority — the party now controls 31 governorships and 68 of 98 partisan legislative chambers — all but guarantees a new tide of conservative laws. Republicans plan to launch a fresh assault on the Common Core education standards, press abortion regulations, cut personal and corporate income taxes and take up dozens of measures challenging the power of labor unions and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Before Election Day, the GOP controlled 59 partisan legislative chambers across the country. The increase to 68 gives Republicans six more chambers than their previous record in the modern era, set after special elections in 2011 and 2012.
Republicans also reduced the number of states where Democrats control both the governor’s office and the legislatures from 13 to seven.
Republicans in at least nine states are planning to use their power to pass “right to work” legislation, which would allow employees to opt out of joining a labor union. Twenty-four states already have such laws on the books, and new measures have been or will be proposed in Wisconsin, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Ohio, Colorado, Kentucky, Montana, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And Then There Were Three: Kentucky Counties May Have Found the Secret to Right-to-Work Success".................Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act expressly allows “state” right-to-work laws. To date the Supreme Court has never ruled on the validity of local right-to-work ordinances. However, as my colleague Andrew Kloster and I explained in a recent Heritage Backgrounder, these counties have a strong legal case.
The congressional record makes clear that Congress included 14(b) to expressly disavow any federal preemption of right-to-work laws. The Supreme Court held exactly that when unions challenged state laws. If federal law does not prohibit right-to-work, local governments can act.
Further, these local ordinances probably also qualify as “state” law. The Kentucky legislature expressly delegated to counties the authority regulate commerce and pass economic-development measures. All three counties passed their right-to-work ordinances pursuant to this state “home rule” statute. It may ultimately take a Supreme Court decision, but these counties have good legal arguments on their side.
These local right-to-work laws, and the forthcoming legal battles, merit national attention. Several Kentucky counties may have just figured out how to bypass the legislative gridlock that often stymies right-to-work."
Let’s get the Convention of States going under Article 5 and start defanging and declawing the federal monster.
These are all good proposals, but it is also ESSENTIAL that these Repub states use their new mandates to stop electoral fraud,that’s how the problem keeps getting perpetuated, by unqualified voting cheats allowed to elect Democrats.
FIX the primary system so NO Dems or Independents can pick the Republican Presidential candidate!
IMPLEMENT photo ID - no exceptions! (Even better - use fingerprint ID or an iris scan - this technology is common now)
And NO same-day voter registrations!!! (Make the cut-off well ahead of the election, so the ID can be thoroughly checked)
This is all common-sense, people! Do you want another Obama??
I would hope we see some aggressive new pro-second amendment laws being passed as well. Here in Ohio, our republican legislature and republican governor just passed a set of new pro-firearm/second amendment laws that are quite unprecedented in their scope. Golden opportunity here. don’t let them miss it for you.
.....except unless the GOP in Washington has their testicles drop, all will be lost to federal regulation and judicial fiats.
Now that’s real progress......
Voluntary union membership and dues will be problematic for the shop stewards. It seems reasonable that if there can be local minimum wage, there can be local right to work law.
Repub governors in Florida, Tx, Ill, Ohio, Mich, MD, Wisconsin, NC, GA, Mass.....
(Gasp) Republican governors even in Dem strongholds---Illinois and Massachusetts.
Which is why federalism is so important. We need the 50 states to be competitive incubators, but in the American mold. That is constrained by the Constitutional limits placed on government.
We don’t have a national government like Europe or the 3rd World. National laws should be few and focused. It’s at the state level that dynamism reigns and the Commerce Clause is the key element in breaking state, county and local interference in American lives.
These cases are especially important in states that are dominated by a single large metropolitan area. If surrounding counties can undermine the monopoly liberals hold in places like NY, IL, CA, that will go a long way in freeing Americans.
Not to rain on the parade, but the GOP Gov in IL isn’t that promising. He’ll likely lose the next election because redistricting is coming up and he’s at best a RINO.
The Democrats in Illinois have veto proof majorities in both houses and the state is run by Mike Madigan (D). Under his leadership Illinois legislated homosexual marriage. His daughter is our AG and she cannot find Democratic corruption, not one little bit.
The first piece of legislation that the South Carolina legislature should pass and the Governor sign is to recognize out of state concealed carry permits. Every state bordering SC recognizes them so it's time for SC to step up...
Coincidence?, another article appeared today talking about how Wisconsin is poised to strike at the RTW laws in that state. I love how the commies on the left always get their points into various press sources at the same time. In fact, they are great at it especially with a receptive press.
As far as:
The unprecedented breadth of the Republican majority — the party now controls 31 governorships and 68 of 98 partisan legislative chambers — all but guarantees a new tide of conservative laws.
I'm afraid the RINOism extends to the State Level, too.
There is no guarantee that anything Conservative will be done, and complacency will guarantee that.
I am hopeful. It is out of the states that national leaders rise. Mike Lee is an example.
However.....Will freedom last long enough for these leaders to emerge?
The States are our hope - they are large enough entities to form a viable opposition to what the despots in D.C. have formed.
We can hope, but more than likely one of the first actions the GOP controlled legislature in SC will undertake is to raise the state gasoline tax. The current low gas prices gives the pols perfect cover to tax and spend.
Drafting articles of secession would be a good start.
ELIMINATE the "primary system" as political party implement.
The SOLE purpose of a primary election is to assure that the winner of the general election represents a majority of votes cast. Candidates on a primary ballot should have no party information listed.
If the parties want to decide on a single candidate, have a convention, or an internet ballot, and pay for it themselves.
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