Go Back to the Constitution and State Sovereignty

There are about 20 states that now have some form of sovereignty resolutions going in their legislatures to assert their rights against the federal government. What could be clearer than the 10th amendment to the Constitution, in the original Bill of Rights: “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." For a long, long time the federal government has pretty much steamrollered the states in plain and direct violation of the Constitution. So how were the feds able to exceed the very limited powers given to it by that document?

Well there’s the Supreme Court with its hallucinogenic “emanations of prenumbras” and all that, but I believe it began with the income tax that, in itself, is probably unconstitutional since the ratification of the 16th amendment is questionionable. Illegal confiscation of our property (money) gives the federal government its illegitimate power. The Democrats just pulled one of the biggest power grabs in the history of our republic by taking a few trillion dollars of our money to buy power – not for our country, but for themselves, their cronies, and the Democrat party. This is the exercise of raw, absolute power. It is also pretty much akin to theft. There was no discussion, no debate, Republicans were not allowed to participate, and there was no time for anyone to even read the bill before they were forced to vote on it. As Lord Acton said, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is not the American Constitutional process; this is what is done in dictatorships and banana republics.

The federal government, and especially the Congress and President, are really not in touch with the people across America. They are too far removed to govern effectively. Our voices are not heard; in their eyes we are irrelevant. Their contempt for us is reflected in the latest approval ratings of them by us. They are the lowest since the inception of the poll, and are probably going to go even lower as the so-called Stimulus Bill starts be revealed.

This is why we need the states to reassert our Constitutional rights to govern ourselves on a more local basis. The federal government is important to fulfill its limited role under the Constitution, but it is time to strip these arrogant Washington legislators of their air of royalty and illegitimate power. It may take a few generations to accomplish, but we need to get started now. One of my ancestors, George Read, signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution needs to be dusted off, read and revived. If not, then, as a last resort, the other document must come into play.