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Virginia Tenth Amendment Center : VA Attorney General Explains Suit Against ObamaCare

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:52:51 +0000

It's like talking to a brick wall or in this case the responses sound more like a two year old.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : 14 Governors Threatened, Hoax?

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:16:31 +0000

Great post Monorprise.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : The EPA can go to Hell, and I will go to Texas

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:56:04 +0000

Thanks Gumply!

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : The EPA can go to Hell, and I will go to Texas

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:48:58 +0000

Hi Gumply, back-patting author here... if Texas wants to add "tar and feathers" to any EPA nullification legislation I'll be ecstatic. :) I write articles in the hopes that more people will better understand the problem and begin to feel the way you do about the crooks in DC. I will bet you that 90% of the people think that the federal govt has a constitutionally sound argument for the EPA or Obamacare or any of thousands of issues. The fact is they do not. Most people are still asleep, many will stay asleep, but right now there is some level of awakening and I think (maybe I'm wrong) that articles can help drive that in the right direction. But then again, your point is well taken, it doesn't take everyone: "It does not require a majority to prevail but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set bush fires in people's minds." - Samuel Adams

Tenth Amendment Center : Welcome to the Constitutional Crisis

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:36:49 +0000

I just meant that the founder's intentionally left this up to "we the people"; therefore leading to the conclusion from the article that "constitutionality" will be decided by the will of the people. In other words "we the people" will decide whether to judge constitutionality based on the Supreme Court precedent or the nullification precedent. And if there are countering views across the country then it will eventually be determined by who blinks.

Tenth Amendment Center : Welcome to the Constitutional Crisis

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:50:26 +0000

There are two historic precedents coming to a head here. First, the Supreme Court makes rulings on Constitutionality of laws and second states have historically nullified laws that they through their own determination deem unconstitutional. Neither process is identified in the Constitution and I am sure the founders of our country didn’t simply miss this gaping hole. This article was about education. If you ask someone on the street who has authority, he will say the supreme court. Constitutionally speaking, that is simply not true. Using precedent as a guide, there are two conflicting answers to the question and the “nullification answer” requires much greater awareness. If we give the power of ultimate interpretation to the Supreme Court then there is simply no use for nullification and interposition. None, because the Supremacy Clause clearly states that ***constitutional*** federal laws are the supreme law of the land. Therefore, if we accept only decisions from the Supreme Court regarding Constitutionality, then when the people are at odds with the Supreme Court’s interpretation there are only 3 options left to defend liberty; all of them varying degrees of a nuclear response. Many would argue that the article V convention is not nuclear but since out Constitution only has limited amendments and this type of convention has never occurred in our history I’d say it’s pretty radical. The other two options would be secession and violent revolution. I guess subjugation to unconstitutional laws is always an option too.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Is the Tennessee AG writing for Wikipedia?

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:15:52 +0000

Absolutely... I considered adding that but decided against it just to make sure that this blog post focused on the single point that the supremacy clause only supports constitutional laws. But, you are 100% correct, "constitutional laws" are tightly defined by the Constitution too!

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Comments from Perry's Office

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:58:00 +0000

J K, Attorney General Abbott is involved with the group of state AG's prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the HC bill.

Here's a start: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2...

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Comments from Perry's Office

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:50:19 +0000

Most of the people that contacted me regarding this were fully aware that Texas was not in session, so in the article I jumped right in to what can be done to work around that, thus the specific attention given to the special session. Regardless, that is a great point, and I should have mentioned that the legislature is not in session until early 2011. This is of course, the core reason that other states are drafting this legislation and Texas is not.l So the question really is, will we see a special session or are we going to have to wait until 2011 to see action from Texas?

Tenth Amendment Center : What is a Right?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:26:35 +0000

This is a great article and an even better video. Regarding the conversation about federal authority and state authority... I have often thought that the system that we have in place would be best served by libertarians serving at the federal level and liberals/conservatives serving at the state and local level. Of course this would work great until the libertarians decided to force their views in unison across states too. :) Does that make sense? In general, states could then be free to manage themselves based on the regional cultures, needs and desires. However, without the chains of the Constitution placed on the federal politicians, this is impossible. Here's why... local and state politicians reflecting regional values are the most likely to run for national office and when they get there, guess what, they feel that they are free to push for their system to be put in place over all of the other states. Therein lies the problem... you can't enforce what type of person ends up in Washington; however the solution is that you can place chains upon their action when they get there. And the Constitution and the 10th are those chains... too bad our nation badly needs a reminder...

South Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Glenn Beck: A Lesson in Establishment Media

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:07:52 +0000

Jeff, This is an incredible article! Thanks for sharing.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Beck: Constitution or Clown Show?

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:12:32 +0000

No offense, i thought it was funny. :) i wish i could have caught up with you guys while i was there.

Oregon Tenth Amendment Center : The Battle For Washington D.C Is Lost, The Battle For America Has Just Begun

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 04:53:38 +0000

Great post Tim!

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : The Superhighway to Serfdom

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:47:02 +0000

Thanks TX-John, with a trillion dollar plus bill like Obamacare, states will certainly have to pay attention to how they keep their money in-state and not paying for other states health care. I agree that the abolishing the 16th and 17th would go a long way in making that easier. Unfortunately, getting anything done at the federal level first before states reassert themselves would be almost impossible. It's a classic chicken and egg problem. The Resist DC plan here discusses a Federal Escrow bill that states need to pass: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/11/29/re... Also, Governor Candidate Debra Medina had some ideas regarding this problem in here interview with Texas TAC here: http://texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/tex... This is a discussion that 10th amendment supporters need to have because naturally there must be a strong plan here too.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Texas Declaration of Non-Dependence

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:15:10 +0000

Great points on the "petition" guys. When we finalize this as a petition for Texans to sign, we will make sure that we are "petitioning" the right people. When we get to 1000 facebook fans, we will put this online as a petition for Texas to read and sign.

Texas Tenth Amendment Center : Texas Declaration of Non-Dependence

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:23:31 +0000

I received a request to draft a petition in the style of the "Al Gore" blog post from a week or so ago. This isn't exactly the same thing, but I couldn't bring myself to mention Al Gore in a petition that we were going to ask people to sign. I hope this works. Obviously, we will have to put together an alternative shorter version for an online petition. But if this is something you agree with let me know, and we will set up a system for signing the petition online and with ink. The goal would be to raise awareness among the public and to strengthen a case to state reps to let them know that we expect state reps to take a stance against these laws; in exactly the same way that we expect minority parties to challenge the majority party, we equally expect state governments to challenge unconstitutional federal action, and boldly.