From Thomas J. Lucente Jr., Light of Liberty blog:The Ohio Senate on Tuesday struck a victory for states' rights, constitutionalism and federalism.
The Senate passed 19-12 Senate Concurrent Resolution 13: "To claim sovereignty over certain powers pursuant to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, to notify Congress to limit and end certain mandates, and to insist that federal legislation contravening the Tenth Amendment be prohibited or repealed."
Wow!
Basically, the Ohio Senate just told the U.S. government, in legislative jargon, to "Butt out!"
Even better, our own state Sen. Keith Faber, R-Celina, was the main sponsor of the bill and Steve Buehrer, R-Delta, was a co-sponsor. Karen Gillmor, R-Tiffin, our region's other state senator, voted for the resolution.
Unfortunately, most Ohioans did not hear about it because there was very little media coverage of the vote, probably because most reporters do not understand what it means.
The governor's reaction? He issued a press release praising the selection of Cleveland as the site of the 2014 Gay Games.
Editor's Note - Thomas is a self-described "libertarian," a veteran of the Iraq war and currently a law student at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.
15 comments:
Okay. Ohio invoking the Tenth Amendment before Pennsylvania. I'm having a real issue with all these states doing the right thing and Mr. Ed sitting in Harrisburg with his thumb up his ass on this issue.
Hopefully the next governor will FINALLY do what's right and tell the Federal government to shove it.
Hey, BGF... Nya nya!
Then again, you have Jim Quinn, the only radio guy I've heard who is a match for Rush on matters that effect liberty. We have, er, we're still tryin'.
Eric,
Thanks for the post.
Ran: I listen to Quinn and Rose every morning. It's become part of my morning ritual. They're a great team!
Great post and better news. I've said the revolution has to begin at the local and state levels. This I pray will become a tidal wave of refounding our rights from government. Keep the fight. Sharky
I'm glad to hear of this. Now PA needs to follow suit.
Forgive any ignorance here, but doesn't the governor have to sign it to make it valid or is it enough for the Senate to pass it to have it mean something? Perhaps those 10 thousand people who showed up in Columbus were actually listened to this time.
C Mill,
It is a concurrent resolution and doesn't carry the force of law so it will never be sent to the governor. It merely expresses the will of the Legislature.
~tjl~
THE CONSTITUTION: ". . . on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments,"
Stop this limp-wristed BS about passing non-binding resolutions. This is a waste of everyones time. Let there be Applications for a new Constitutional Convention offering an Amendment enforcing Federalism.
Gary, I would say you are right, but you can't build a roof without the foundation and the walls. You need 34 states to call a convention to consider amendments.
We have seven states that have actually passed such resolutions and only a few more that are considering it. Build the groundswell first and maybe we can get to the 34. If we get even close, the government might acquiesce just to avoid the uncertainty of a convention.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
Such a resolution will never pass. The Republicans and Democrats are both Statists wanting tax money and power over others.
These 10th Amendment resolutions are powerless and pure BS designed to keep the Sheeple content.
So, Gary, your solution is to do nothing? That is the very definition of being a sheeple.
I praise the states for taking this kind of action and hope (though realistically know others) that it eventually leads to a federalism amdentment.
I agree with Thomas. 7 States is not enough to consider a Constitutional Conv. At least double that before we start talking in those regards.
BTW Thomas, you know some suggest that Ohio never actually ratified the 16th Amendment, and thus the 16th is not valid. Irwin Schiff, Peter's Dad, was always big on that.
What's your view on that?
Thomas:
Congressmen Davy Crockett and rail-splitter Abe Lincoln had districts of 50,000 people. Common folk could run for and win office. New political parties were everywhere.
Today we have mega-sized super districts pushing 700,000. To run you need to be a millionaire or sell yourself to corrupt special interests to raise millions to campaign cash.
Personally, I believe the Republic of Jefferson and Adams has ended. We have moved on to the Fascist/Statist stage of America where common people cannot peacefully change Congress and we exist to serve the state and corporations.
@Eric
I have read many of the arguments that the 16th Amendment was not legally ratified. I find some of them persuasive, though we all know the courts would never agree at this point in time. Hopefully, if a federalism amendment is ever passed, it will contain a provision repealing the 16th Amendment.
BTW, a good documentary on the amendment is "America: Freedom to Fascism (http://www.lucente.org/blog/item/2008/05/america-freedom-to-fascism).
@Gary,
I admire your passion and everything you said in your last comment is true. I think we all agree what the problem is. Where we appear to differ is on the solution.
You want some big sweeping action that solves the problem. That does not happen in real life. Even the American Revolution brewed for decades before taking full shape. Same with the succession movement leading to the War for Southern Independence.
Sure, I would like more than these resolutions, but I see them as a start, not the solution.
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