Economic stimulus bill in violation of Constitution
The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Tenth Amendment restates the Constitution’s principle of Federalism by providing that powers not granted to the National government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people.
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 this government growth bill, signed into law yesterday by Barack Obama, is only further proof that our imperial federal government is intent on growing bigger and bigger. With that growth, the states lose more power over issues that should be left up to them .. like education.
Some states are really starting to catch on. In Oklahoma, a state Representative has proposed a resolution calling for the reassertions of Oklahoma’s sovereignty under the 10th Amendment. House Joint Resolution 1003, authored by Rep. Charles Key, serves as “Notice and Demand to the federal government, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.”
But of course Americans feel that it is the responsibility of the goverment to take care of them instead of their own personal responsibility. When did we get so damn lazy?
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Tags: 10th amendment, american recovery and reinvestment act, Barack Obama, bill of rights, charles key, constitution, economic stimulus, oklahoma
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February 18th, 2009 at 11:54 am
What I think is perhaps the best part about this post is that I think you don’t even realize that you fail to provide an working argument for your claim.
Lets take a look at what you did provide however, “With that growth, the states lose more power over issues that should be left up to them”.
In rhetoric, this is what would be called a claim. It isn’t evidence. As a claim it’s actually very poorly written. Even though you speak of it as if it is self evident, it is not. I wonder if you’re even aware of the methods by which the federal government is even able to enforce national standards, such as those in education, and thus if you’re knowledgeable about the constitutional merits of such methods. Somehow, I doubt it.
You fail to argue in what ways a state’s sovereignty is being denied by this bill, and furthermore in what ways the federal government is exceeding the powers vested in it by the constitution.
February 20th, 2009 at 6:37 am
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 is the tenth amendment not the one above.
February 21st, 2009 at 9:48 am
The Obamination has aready stated in past interviews, and I’m paraphrasing, that he believed our constitution is outdated and irrelevant. The only thing liberals use the constitution for is toilet paper. Setting aside the states rights issue, the government does not have the constitutional authority to do most of what it currently does. No authority for a federal bank, which the founders railed against, no authority for taxation as it currently exists. No autority for social programs or mass wealth redistributions. These powers have been usurped by government based on the ignorance of the voters. We have got to wake up and take back powers that government was never intended to have.