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Originally Posted by Seashore
Here is a website that they have set up to facilitate this:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/...n-for-freedom/
From this website, here is a list of things the Legislators feel need to be done:
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1. State Legislatures need to pass 10 key pieces of legislation “with teeth” to put the federal government back in its place. |
The above comes from
the article "
Resist DC: A Step-by-Step Plan for Freedom" by State Rep. Matthew Shea (WA-4th).
Here is the first part of the list of legislation the States need to adopt:
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It is clear then that State Legislatures can stop the unconstitutional overreach of the Obama administration through nullification. Here is a list of proposed nullification legislation to introduce in all 50 States.
1. Nullification of Socialized Health Care
current efforts example legislation
2. Nullification of National Cap and Trade
example legislation
3. Federal Enumerated Powers Requirement (Blanket Nullification) [This Link Doesn't Work]
4. Establishment of a Federal Tax Escrow Account
example legislation
If imposed, socialized health care and cap and trade will crush our economy. These programs are both unconstitutional, creating government powers beyond those enumerated by the Constitution. If those programs are nullified, it will give the individual states a fighting chance to detach from a federal budget in freefall and save the economies of the individual states.
Next, blanket nullification.
The Federal Government, particularly the House of Representatives, needs to abide by its own rules. In particular, House Rule XIII 3(d) specifically states that:
“Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution shall contain the following: (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or resolution.” 3
Needless to say, this rule is generally ignored. The idea behind blanket nullification is that if the Congress does not specify the enumerated power it is using according to its own rules, or the power specified is not one of the enumerated powers granted to Congress in the United States Constitution, then the “law” is automatically null and void.
Lastly, the federal government cannot survive without money. I know that seems obvious but many states are missing the opportunity to use money as an incentive for the federal government to return to its proper role. Most visibly, states help collect the federal portion of the gasoline tax. That money should be put into an escrow account at the state level and held there. The Escrow Account legislation includes a provision that all consumer, excise, and income taxes payable to the federal government would go through this account first. This would do two things. First, it would give states the ability to collect interest on that money to help offset revenue shortfalls. Second, it would allow states to hold that money as long as needed as an incentive for the federal government to return within the enumerated boundaries of its power.