The first quiet rumblings of real change are beginning to be heard as more and more states are bringing bills before their legislatures to reclaim the right to assert their sovereignty and bring an end to the unabated expansion of federal power. While this does not mean the states are beginning to look in the direction of secession, it does mean that the states are once again realizing the power that was given to them by the forefathers of this nation.  Once again, the power of the 10th amendment makes itself felt!  The 10th amendment states

“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 right, if the Constitution does not specifically give a power to the Federal government, that power belongs to the states.  Therefore, all those nasty little laws that have been foisted upon us by the U.S. Congress were never valid in the first place because they did not have the right to make that decision on behalf of the states.  While none of the sovereignty assertions has passed the states legislatures yet, they have come very, very, close to passing.  I believe we will start seeing some of these resolutions pass this very year  So far, the following state have already attempted to reassert their Constitutional rights “Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Washington.” and these states are expected to introduce similar measures this year “Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, Maine and Pennsylvania” 

     While we are not looking at another “Civil War”, we are looking at something very similar to what happened in South Carolina in 1832.  South Carolina decided it would not enforce a tariff that had been levied by the Federal Government upon imports so it refused to enforce it!  This was well in its rights because the Federal government did not have the power to levy it in the first place. This was known as the nullification crisis. What we are seeing now is the result of the same spirit. The states have grown very tired of footing the bill for unnecessary and costly laws that were passed by the U.S. Congress. In short, they are tired of Uncle Sam’s hand in their pockets and who could blame them? It seems I remember that a few years back our Southern ancestors had the same idea and Old Abe Lincoln decided to start a war over it. Go figure!

      When a state finally stands up and refuses to enforce these unconstitutional laws on its citizens, we will finally have the ball rolling and we can start getting back to how the founding fathers meant for this country to be ran. The Federal Governments laws have intruded upon the domain of the states for FAR too long.  Call your state legislators and let them know that you want to be governed as the Constitution specifies and not by some emperor in Washington and his club of cronies. States Rights were good idea in 1861 and it’s a great idea now!

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