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The following appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Wednesday
December 21, 1994.
"STATES SHOULD SEEK SANCTUARY IN 10th ANEMDMENT LIBERTIES"
"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." That's the clear
message of the now-meaningless 10th Amendment to our Constitution.
California has joined Colorado, Missouri, Hawaii and Illinois
in asserting 10th Amendment rights, demanding that the federal
government cease and desist all mandates and interferences
exceeding those delegated by the Constitution.
Under the leadership of state Sen. Don Rogers, a resolution
claiming state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment won approval
in the California Assembly by a vote of 54 to 12 and in the state
Senate by 22 to 9. Similar resolutions, in protest against the
heavy-handed mandates and edicts of Congress, are in the
introductory or drafting stage in 12 other states.
Were it not for the 10th Amendment, our founders would have
never ratified the Constitution. They correctly feared the
development and consolidation of a powerful and meddlesome
federal government.
In 'The Federalist Papers', James Madison explained Washington's
role: "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the
federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain
in the state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former
will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace,
negotiation and foreign commerce .... The powers reserved to the
several states will extend to all the objects which in the
ordinary course of affairs concern the lives and liberties, and
properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and
prosperity of the state."
The meaning of the 10th Amendment is clear. Our power-hungry
Congress and derelict Supreme Court have allowed Madison's vision
to be stood on its head. Today, the powers of the federal
government are "numerous and indefinite," and those of the state
are "few."
The 10th Amendment movement may be America's last chance to
peacefully get Congress to obey the Constitution. Politicians
have seriously understimated public anger and are blind to the
rebellion spreading across the land.
In response to the heavy hand of the U.S. Forest Service, New
Mexico's Catron County officials enacted the U.S. Constitution as
a county ordinance and put federal officials on notice that,
before they even dared to breathe in Catron County, they'd better
show up at the supervisor's meeting to get permission.
Following Catron County's lead, five other New Mexico
counties, every Utah county, and Clark county and Siskiyou County
in Nevada have begun resisting congressional and bureaucratic
tyranny.
Tens of thousands of Americans are discussing the formation of
armed militia units. These are not kooks but law-abiding people
who wish to be left alone by an increasingly illegitimate and
meddlesome government.
The government response is predictable. According to an Aug.3,
1993 Albupuerque Tribune report, U.S. Forest Service Ranger Mike
Gardner told Catron citizens, maybe with Waco on his mind, "What
are you guys arming against?" A 30-30 (rifle) won't do any good
against Bradley fighting vehicles and attack helicopters."
Gardner should have been reminded that earlier patriots took
on Great Britain, the mightiest nation at that time, and won.
Like our founders, we should first peacefully petition by
getting 38 state legislatures to enact 10th Amendment resolutions
and put teeth in them by giving a broad outline of mandates and
edicts we refuse to meet. If Congress doesn't listen, we
shouldn't hesitate to use the language tyrants understand best.
END OF ARTICLE
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