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PERRY OFFERS RESOLUTION BEFORE HOUSE PROTECTING 10th AMENDMENT
PERRY OFFERS RESOLUTION BEFORE HOUSE PROTECTING 10th AMENDMENT
BOSTON - Today, Representative Jeffrey Davis Perry (R-Sandwich) filed a Resolution before the House of Representatives to protect the Founding Fathers' intent and the Constitutional protections of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which 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."
"The purpose of this Resolution is to clearly affirm to Congress and the President our State's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution and to demand that the federal government halt the practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes which are not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America" said Representative Perry from the State House.
As cited by the 10th Amendment Center, "James Madison, during the Constitutional ratification process, drafted the "Virginia Plan" to give Congress general legislative authority and to empower the national judiciary to hear any case that might cause friction among the states, to give the congress a veto over state laws, to empower the national government to use the military against the states, and to eliminate the states' accustomed role in selecting members of Congress. Each one of these proposals was soundly defeated. In fact, Madison made many more attempts to authorize a national veto over state laws, and these were repeatedly defeated as well...
The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people to the federal government, and also that which is absolutely necessary to advancing those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution of the United States. The rest is to be handled by the state governments, or locally, by the people themselves. The Constitution does not include a congressional power to override state laws. It does not give the judicial branch unlimited jurisdiction over all matters. It does not provide Congress with the power to legislate over everything. This is verified by the simple fact that attempts to make these principles part of the Constitution were soundly rejected by its signers."
The language of the Resolution is as follows:
AFFRIMING THE CONSTITUIONAL PROTECTIONS OF THE 10TH AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States specifically provides that, "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"; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being those powers specifically granted to it by the Constitution of the United States and the principle of Federalism is the constitutional division of powers between the national and state governments and is widely regarded as one of America's most valuable contributions to political science; and
WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be limited in its powers relative to those of the various states; and
WHEREAS, Many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and infringe upon Massachusetts' reserve powers and the people's reserved powers; and
WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now being considered by the present administration and from Congress do infringe on the States' reserve powers and the people's reserved powers, and may further violate the Constitution of the United States; Therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States and this Resolution shall serve as a Notice and Demand to the federal government to maintain the balance of powers where the Constitution of the United States; and it be further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House shall immediately transmit copies of this Resolution to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each state's legislature of the United States of America, and each member of Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"The Tenth Amendment was adopted after the Constitutional ratification process. A primary purpose was to enshrine the fact that the individual states are unique and retain their own sovereignty. The Constitution does not delegate to the federal government an endless supply of power. We must always remember that the purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect freedoms of individuals and the states, not expand the power of the federal government" added Representative Perry.
The Resolution was filed today with the House of Representatives Clerk and was cosponsored by Representatives Jones (R-North Reading), Vallee (D-Franklin), Humason (R-Westfield), Webster (R-Pembroke), Evangelidis (R-Holden), Poirier (R- North Attleboro), deMacedo (R-Plymouth), Ross (R-Wrentham), Gifford (R-Wareham), Smola (Three Rivers) and Polito ( Shrewsbury).
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Massachusetts is a 'Commonweath'.
Maybe Richard could educate us all on this one.
Really Obsolete Parody
I say this as much as a constituent as anything else, Jeff. Grow a pair. Your party lost in 2008. Get on with it, instead of wasting my time and everybody else's with useless horsesh*t like this.
Maybe Richard??
My question is this.......The states were here first (13 anyway), and we created the USA Federal Government. So what was the initial purpose of the Federal Government? Over the last 300 years, have they overstepped their Constitutional rights afforded to them by "we the people"?
This is not biased based on party, I am a concerned Massachusetts citizen tired of what our Federal Government (Dems and Repubs) is taking away from us.
While it certainly seems Mr. Perry is jumping on the proverbial bandwagon....the question remains....IS THIS A NECESSARY ACTION?
I'm really worried now. Are we a nation of sheep?
John
You're preaching to the messianic choir here.
Baa Baa Barack sheep have you any fools?
Yes sir, yes sir fifty one million tools.
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money for the thieves that brought us the same.
possee
I would suggest it's because they know that the principles of equal protection and substantive due process under the 14th Amendment throws their 10th Amendment "states rights" bullstuff into the dungheap where it belongs.
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