By Matt Holdridge<\/p>\n
This via CNN:<\/p>\n
\nWashington (CNN)<\/strong> — Their message is loud and clear: Big government is out of control; states need to take back their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But critics of the movement say the resolutions go too far by nullifying or ignoring federal<\/a> laws.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
As I’m sure many of you are aware, Tom Woods has been outspoken regarding the concept of nullification. In fact, Tom will be giving a lecture for C4L next week in DC regarding this topic at CPAC 2010.<\/p>\n
As Tom has pointed out, C4L’s Pocket Constitution<\/a> is the only one to our knowledge that contains the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Click here<\/a> to watch Tom Woods explain the history of the resolutions and the implications of nullification in modern times. <\/p>\n
I personally believe this is a worthy cause. However, I do see the irony that in one breath the states say they’ve had enough federal involvement in their affairs but in the other they plead for more federal aid. It’s like a critically ill drug user admitting they have a problem while at the same time continuing to pump increasing amounts of narcotics into their veins. <\/p>\n
Do you think these 10th Amendment resolutions will amount to something substantial in the end? Or will the states back down when threatened with losing their federal funds?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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