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Tenth Amendment Movement Aims to Give Power Back to the StatesThe 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.-- U.S. Constitution, Tenth AmendmentFed up with Washington's involvement in everything from land use to gun control to education spending, states across the country are fighting back against what they say is the federal government's growing intrusion on their rights.At least 35 states have introduced legislation this year asserting their power under the Tenth Amendment to regulate all matters not specifically delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.*snip*Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer recently signed into law a bill authorizing the state's gun manufacturers to produce "Made in Montana" firearms, without seeking licensing from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Similar laws are being considered in Utah, Alaska, Texas and Tennessee.The Montana law is expected to end up in the courts, where states' rights activists hope judges will uphold their constitutional right to regulate firearms.
Problem is, most of these states rights resolutions don't mean squat unless and until the states are willing to reject federal dollars. Then and only then can states tell the feds to jam it AND MEAN IT. Until then, it's all pandering to the crowd.
No, you're absolutely correct in that. And as long as states grovel for the federal dollar, all the paper-waving in the world isn't going to mean jack.
That's how they lowered the speed limit on interstates to 55mph. "You want our dollars, you lower the speed limits". It was not a law, just a condition of getting the federal construction money.
Quite a scam the federal government runs, isn't it? They take money from the resident's of a state and then blackmail the state to give them some of the money back.
Hi,I can forsee the day when a state tells it's citizens not to pay their Federal Income Taxes. Get a few states doing that and it will change the entire picture. Or the state can say to mail the check to the state to hold it in escrow for the federal government, then they can negotiate with the federal government. You want your tax dollars, OK, but we are deducting all the money we are required to spend on FEDERAL MANDATES that are unconstitutional, like having to treat illegals in our hospitals.regards,5412