21 States join state sovereignty movement

21 States join state sovereignty movement

21 States Claiming Sovereignty: AZ, AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, ME, MI, MO, MT, NH, NV, OK, PA, TX, & WA

http://www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/

According to various news reports, individual states are trying to remind the federal government about the 10th Amendment - that being "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", be observed. All of these states (except for Hawaii) are explicit restatements of what has always been in place, but not necessarily enforced, as detailed by the 10th Amendment. Hawaii is actually aiming for total sovereignty as it is claimed that it was never really a state of the U.S. to begin with. However, I believe the intent of these bills is to let the federal government know that the states’ sovereignty will not be overwritten… say in case certain gun ban laws get passed… or other “War Time / Martial Law” type plans come into play. Check them out:

AZ: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/hcr2024p.htm
AL: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
AK: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
AR: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
CA: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/93-94/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sjr_44_bill_940829_chaptered
CO: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
GA: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/sr308.htm
HI: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/07-1372.htm
ID: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
IN: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
KS: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
ME: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
MI: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(21rmjiv1sl0wvw55yxurwl55))/documents/2009-2010/Journal/House/pdf/2009-HJ-01-22-002.pdf
MO: http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/HR212.HTM
MT: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm
NH: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html
NV: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
OK: http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/1/HJR1089_int.pdf
PA: (Still searching for link - not officially posted, but analysts expect it is in the works)
TX: (not officially declared recently, but is supposedly sovereign since it was never willfully ceded to the States - put on planning list)
WA: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2009&bill=4009

States That Passed 10th Amendement Restatement Legislature:
- California (CA): [CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO and HERE - result: PASS]
- Texas (TX): [THIS WEBSITE] has some good info on the Republic of Texas

States Claiming Sovereignty:
- Arizona (AZ):   [CLICK HERE]
- Georgia (GA):   [CLICK HERE]
- Hawaii (HI):   [General info: HERE or HERE -- SCOTUS Case: HERE for docket & HERE or HERE for summary]
- Michigan (MI):   [CLICK HERE]
- Missouri (MO):   [CLICK HERE -- CLICK HERE for even more info (but currently broken)]
- Montana (MT):   [CLICK HERE]
- New Hampshire (NH):   [CLICK HERE]
- Oklahoma (OK):   [CLICK HERE]
- Washington (WA):   [CLICK HERE]

States Planning / Motioning Toward Claiming Sovereignty:
- Alabama (AL):   (see Source links below*)
- Alaska (AK):   (see Source links below*)
- Arkansas (AR):   (see Source links below*)
- Colorado (CO):   (see Source links below*)
- Idaho (ID):   (see Source links below*)
- Indiana (IN):   (see Source links below*)
- Kansas (KS):   (see Source links below*)
- Maine (ME):   (see Source links below*)
- Nevada (NV):   (see Source links below*)
- Pennsylvania (PA):   (see Source links below*)

[Source # 1 for the "pending / planning" states] & [Source # 2 for the "pending / planning" states]

from standeyo.com & mrstep.com

Congress has used funding to the states as a method of maintaining control; and the US Supreme Court has rarely taken cases that deal with the matter.

According to an article it Wikipedia, "Interpretations of the amendment can be divided into two camps. The first interpretation, as held by the Tenth Amendment Center, the Libertarian and Constitution Parties, and a few Republicans including Ron Paul and Jeff Flake, is that the Constitution does not grant the United States any power that it does not expressly mention. This has been used as the basis for such court cases as Gonzales v. Raich, and for arguments in favor of repealing a large number of Federal laws, abolishing the Federal Reserve, and drastically slashing the Federal budget by 50% or more. It is also why amendments were necessary for the abolition of slavery and the prohibition of alcohol - without said amendments, Congress did not have the authority to do those things.

The contrary opinion, as held by most of the current U.S. Government, is that the Constitution grants Congress the authority to do more or less anything that is not explicitly prohibited by the first eight amendments."