‘Tenther’ (a hint) movement aims to put power back in states’ hands

File this under be still my heart! Wonder if the in next to last place cable news network is finally getting the message.  This is the type story that is rarely covered by any network besides Fox.   Of course not, minimum focus on how the states have granted authority to the Federal Government with major focus on supposed ties to the cause of the civil war. Once again, they take a story and attempt to deceive.  The Tenth Amendment when used appropriately provides a way to nullify laws when the individual states believe  federal laws they are Unconstitutional.  This is accomplished  without the state succeeding from the union.

Currently the focus is on making it illegal to force citizen’s of a state into a national health care program, protecting the Second Amendment, by arguing that guns and ammunition made in a given state is not subject to the inter state commerce laws when said guns and ammunition are only used by citizens of the state. Last, the states are asserting their authority and refusing to allow the EPA or any Cap-In-Trade policies to be implemented within the state using nullification.

At the present time thirty states are participating in this process.  See:  Tenth Amendment Center Random thoughts while observing that the lame stream media is still incapable of telling the truth and that Andrew Brietbart’s shout out during his introduction to the National Tea Party’s first convention was true. “ It’s not you business model that sucks, it’s you that sucks.“  For a more accurate assessment of Nullification please read this article.

Ed Hornick,

CNN

February 10, 2010

States rights activists use the Constitution’s Tenth Amendment to support their cause.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• States rights advocates cite the Tenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution
• Amendment: Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states
• Nearly 37 states in 2009 introduced and/or passed sovereignty resolutions (I have been unable to substantiate with a credible source)
• Activist: While non-binding, it is a symbolic in nature (We will be seeing about that very soon, LOL)

Washington (CNN) — Their message is loud and clear: Big government is out of control; states need to take back their constitutional rights.

A movement has been growing over the past two years of urging states to exert their rights under the 10th Amendment. The Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, 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.”

A number of states have passed resolutions that assert their rights. While the resolutions have no legal teeth, they’re intended to carry a message: States’ rights are being trampled on.

The anger behind the so-called ‘Tenther’ movement comes from what advocates see as the federal government’s forcing policies on the states — most notably on health care reform, economic recovery measures and social issues.

But critics of the movement say the resolutions go too far by nullifying or ignoring federal laws. Complete Story