State Sovereignty

EIGHT STATES NOW DECLARING SOVEREIGNTY!!

Several states have recently appealed to the 10th and/or the 9th Amendments to assert their state rights over federal government. These amendments state:

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

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.

1. Washington
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2009&bill=4009

2. New Hampshire
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html

3. Arizona
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/hcr2024p.htm

4. Montana
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm

5. Michigan
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(sjgu5xbql1n5xf45imuuysrm))/documents/2009-2010/Journal/House/htm/2009-HJ-01-22-002.htm

6. Missouri
http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/HR212.HTM

7. Oklahoma
http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/state-legislator-charles-key-wants-to-limit-federal-power/

8. Hawaii
http://www.hawaii-nation.org/

Are we seeing a trend?
http://www.taxtruth4u.com/eight%20states.html



In the case of a growing number of U.S. states, however, it is not so much economic decline and moral degradation pointing the way to a “disintegration,” but rather violations of the Tenth Amendment. The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791, and states restates the Constitution’s principle of Federalism by providing that powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people. It is based on an earlier provision of the Articles of Confederation: “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.”

Although Fox News and CNN are not telling you about it, a growing number of states are declaring sovereignty. Washington, New Hampshire, Arizona, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, California, and Georgia have all introduced bills and resolutions declaring sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment. Colorado, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Alaska, Kansas, Alabama, Nevada, Maine, and Illinois are considering such measures.
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/02/06/state-sovereignty-movement-growing/



List of states with passed or pending sovereignty resolutions (Updated)
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/81624

*** 21 States already are, are now claiming, or are planning for declaration of sovereignty. ***
NOTE: Soveriegnty is NOT the same as Secession.
http://www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/