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Palin’s Last Days Message to Feds — Alaska is sovereign state

Posted By: 'Okie' | 11:59 am — 7/22/2009 | Comments Off See comments below:

Sarah PalinHey Sarah Barracuda, way to go!

Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a joint resolution declaring Alaska’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – and now 36 other states have introduced similar resolutions as part of a growing resistance to the federal government.

Just weeks before she plans to step down from her position as Alaska governor, Palin signed House Joint Resolution 27, sponsored by state Rep. Mike Kelly on July 10, according to a Tenth Amendment Center report. The resolution “claims sovereignty for the state 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.”

Alaska’s House passed HJR 27 by a vote of 37-0, and the Senate passed it by a vote of 40-0.

According to the report, the joint resolution does not carry with it the force of law, but supporters say it is a significant move toward getting their message out to other lawmakers, the media and grassroots movements.

Alaska’s resolution states:

Be it resolved that the Alaska State Legislature hereby claims sovereignty for the state 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.

Be it further resolved that this resolution 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.

While seven states – Tennessee, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Alaska and Louisiana – have had both houses of their legislatures pass similar decrees, Alaska Gov. Palin and Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen are currently the only governors to have signed their states’ sovereignty resolutions.

The resolutions all address the Tenth Amendment that says: “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.”

An argument as old as the United States itself — how much control to allow to the federal government, and how much control to be retained by the states. Control begets ever greater control. One of the most powerful checks on federal authority and ambitions was the Senate, which the Constitution setup to give the states an equal legislative voice. Originally selected by their state’s legislators, over time many states bowed to public pressure and allowed them to be elected by the people — which was implemented nation wide with the 17th amendment.

Once that happened, federal Senators no longer represented their state’s interest as much as they did those that sent them there — just another setup that caters to special interests and directly to voters. This seriously weakened the states powers and rights as their former advocates succumbed to human nature’s desire for survival, political survival that is.

Good for the Governor of Alaska using one of her last few days to sign this resolution. Too bad Oklahoma’s Governor vetoed his last year. Looks like he might get another chance . . .

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