IOWA’S TENTH AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
February 23, 2009 4 Comments
Paul McKinley has sponsored a senate concurrent resolution which in substance and spirit pushes back against the federal government should it attempt “to commandeer the regulatory and legislative processes” of our state. This resolution is linked to the Tenth Amendment, the last in the Bill of Rights, because the Tenth Amendment is the one that states unequivocally, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Tenth Amendment is considered one of the principal truths of the Constitution.
Here is the McKinley resolution in its entirety along with the link to the legislature’s webpage:
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&hbill=SCR1
A legislative measure, designated “S. Con. Res.” and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President and thus do not have the force of law.
In other words, this resolution the Iowa legislature is going to consider would have more weight if it were law. I am hoping that as Iowans take a closer look at the activities of the federal government these days they will raise their voices and clamor for it to become law!
The links below will take anybody who is interested to further discussions and actual wording of resolutions in other states:
Oklahoma
http://letsgetthisright.com/blog/view/id_595/title_oklahoma-10th-amendment-resolution-passes-state/
http://www.therightsideoflife.com/?p=3333
http://www.forum.hucksarmy.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=18665
Arkansas
http://jasontcpa.blogspot.com/2009/02/state-sovereignty-bill-filed-in-house.html
http://www.fontcraft.com/rod/?p=849
New Hampshire
http://friendfeed.com/e/ba05268e-a0db-db8a-89b1-bb01b4a78b66/The-Revolution-Begins-In-New-Hampshire/
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html
http://www.forum.hucksarmy.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=18624
Senator DeMint is saying its time to protest…….. I’m not a fan of protests…. but man this is just getting nutso…
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/02/22/edi_512294.shtml
another link: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/02/09/state-sovereignty-movement-quietly-growing/
Today’s World Net Daily web news site has a special article about the passage of the Tenth Amendment Resolution in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. It still has to pass the Oklahoma Senate (which was taken over by Republicans in the 2008 election) and then be signed by the Democrat governor.
What intrigues me and somewhat mystifies me is that liberal states like Maine and Washington, according to the World Net Daily article, have had the bill introduced in their legislatures. Does anyone think these states will actually pass it?
Liberal vs Conservative is a false dichotomy. It really comes down to Individualist and Collectivists. Especially in this issue of states rights.