**The State Sovereignty movement must move quickly.**

[JTCoyoté]

 What most folks don't understand, is that just because a state "introduces" the 10th amendment state sovereignty resolution doesn't mean that it has declared sovereignty... it must be passed by a majority in both houses of their legislature first, to be adopted.

You folks who live in the states listed below, do not have to go through this process because the 10th amendment state sovereignty resolution has already been passed by both houses of your legislature... and has been languishing from disuse in your state law books or almost 15 years.

These resolutions were passed in these states, between April of 1994, and September of 1995. I am searching my old files for the bill numbers from that time, when I was in the Colorado State House working to get this resolution passed in all the states. As I find them I will post them here next to the state to which they pertain.

The reason this is important as a time saver.  These resolutions do not sunset which is to say they do not go out of date. Since they have been passed and adopted in these states, these states have already declared and reaffirmed their state sovereignty under the 10th amendment. So all you have to do is get you and your friends to call your State House with the bill number and tell them to dust it off and use it.

We don't have much time, and if your state has already passed this thing then that is one state we don't have to concentrate on... I don't know how else I can impress upon you the urgency of the situation given the facts in the news and the horrible strides the globalists are making in brainwashing the people under this new messianic President.

These states adopted the 10th Amendment State Sovereignty Resolution before 9/20/1995.

Colorado HJR-94-1035          Hawaii                                  Missouri
California SJR-94-44              Pennsylvania HCR-272       Michigan
Montana SJR-95-3                 Arkansas                              Idaho
Indiana                                   Alaska SJR-95-7                  Kansas
Alabama                                 Nevada SJR-95-1                 Maine HP-0693

JTCoyoté

"Do not separate text from historical background.
If you do, you will have perverted and subverted
the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted,
bastardized form of illegitimate government."
~James Madison

[centexan]

The list didn't show up, at least not on my screen.

I called my state rep and state senator today (central Texas).  Got phone mail with the senator and left a mssg, will follow up with an email.

My rep had a live person there, and she sounded like the typical young intern.  I asked her if she'd heard of the sovereignty movement, and she said no, not until today, and there were lots of emails about it when she got in to work.  I asked her if she wanted the short version, and she said yes, so I gave it to her.  Started by telling her she sounded of draft age, and gave her a few seconds on conscription and slavery, then martial law, etc...then the options...sovereignty.  She sounded appreciative, like it made sense of everything she was hit with when she walked in to work today.

I ended by telling her I'd follow up with an email, but told her my rep could spearhead the movement to reassert the liberty movement in Texas.

I've always found that politicians like the condensed version, and even their interns like it...saves them time, and if you're the first to give them the info, then you will be the PRIMARY force in forming their opinions.

[JTCoyoté]

You both posted in the 90 seconds it took me to cut and paste the states... I am adding bill numbers as I go.

JTCoyoté

"Each generation should be made to bear the burden
of its own wars, instead of carrying them on,
at the expense of other generations."
~James Madison

[centexan]

Thanks for posting the states and links.  I just emailed the following to my State Rep and my State Senator:

Dear Representative/Senator X;
 
Thank you for all the good work you've done for our district.  I'd like to point out that you now have an opportunity to do a great service to the state of Texas.
 
As you know, the federal government has become abusive towards us.  The Declaration of Independence outlined grievances against the King of England: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance....  He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. ....  He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws...."  And so on.  Sounds like what's going on today with the federal government's war powers, doesn't it?  All these abuses and more are being re-visited on us by the current government in Washington D.C.
 
The good news is that something can be done about it.  Since the 1990's, fifteen states have passed what's called a "10th Amendment State Sovereignty Resolution."  Fifteen states have passed it, and a dozen or more are in the process of moving forward with updated versions of it at this moment.  In brief, the resolution reaffirms the state's rights.  The states that already have such resolutions are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada & Pennsylvania.  Some links to the resolutions are below:
 
California  http://www.uhuh.com/laws/cal10res.htm
Colorado  http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/10th-mnd.shtml
Nevada  http://www.sovereignfellowship.com/tos/25.15/
 
The State of New Hampshire is currently considering HCR 0006, which states: 

That any Act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States of America or Judicial Order by the Judicatories of the United States of America which assumes a power not delegated to the government of United States of America by the Constitution for the United States of America and which serves to diminish the liberty of the any of the several States or their citizens shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution for the United States of America by the government of the United States of America. Acts which would cause such a nullification include, but are not limited to:

I. Establishing martial law or a state of emergency within one of the States comprising the United States of America without the consent of the legislature of that State.

II. Requiring involuntary servitude, or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war, or pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.

III. Requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of 18 other than pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.

IV. Surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government.

V. Any act regarding religion; further limitations on freedom of political speech; or further limitations on freedom of the press.

VI. Further infringements on the right to keep and bear arms including prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition....

That Resolution can be found here:  http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html

I respectfully urge you, as one of your constituents, to look into initiating similar legislation in the Texas House/Senate , or if such legislation is already being considered, to support it and to put real teeth in it.

Best wishes.

[JTCoyoté]

Excellent... 

I will have more links soon...

--Oldyoti

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge
is the only guardian of true liberty. "
~James Madison

[adissenter2]

for Montana http://data.opi.state.mt.us/BILLS/mca/Constition/II/1.htm

this may be it

(c) the 10th amendment to the United States constitution directs that powers that are not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states or to the people. Montana, as one of the sovereign states within the union, has constitutional authority to enact laws protecting the environment of the state and safeguarding the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Montana. However, this authority has too often been ignored by the federal government. The federal government has intruded more and more into areas that must be left to the states. It is essential that the dilution of the authority of state and local governments be halted and that the provisions of the 10th amendment be accorded proper respect.

 (g) the purpose of this part is to ensure that federal mandates existing on or adopted after April 12, 1995, that are implemented in Montana comply with state policy as established by the legislature;

http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca/2/1/2-1-402.htm

[papiowhisperer]

Thanks JT. I'll be checking back for the Hawaii bill number.

Good job, centexan. Hope you don't mind me doing a cut and paste . 

[centexan]

Copy and paste away.  I'm about to send it to one of the aides in my state senator's office.  After my phone call yesterday, he called back wanting more info.  I asked if he had time for the 2-minute version, and I wound up the sermon by saying Texas (in my opinion) has 3 ways to deal with federal abuses: 1) issue non-compliance orders to all state employees (don't cooperate with the feds), 2) withhold tax money going to Washington, or 3) secession.  I think he was actually taking notes, and maybe those notes will be presented to my senator.

[Mr.C]

im in west texas..will be doing likewise

thnx


great points great points

[JTCoyoté]

One thing that everyone needs to understand -- this is NOT a secessionist movement. This is a Constitution reaffirmation movement that seeks to force the federal power back into its circumscribed constitutional boundaries.

The states all came together in the beginning as sovereign entities, they created a contract that bound them to one another for their mutual security. Then they created a federal administrator, a central agency, made up of individuals from the states, that would represent the several states on the world stage, administer international commerce, and protect the common borders. The states created a central government.

They created it much like you would hire an attorney to represent your affairs. What has happened however, is the attorney has grown corrupt, he is now representing himself as you, he has taken possession of your money, your home, your car, your children call him daddy, and he is just now walking up the stairs to your wife in the bedroom to consummate his complete takeover of your life, your liberty, your property, and your family.

When you hired him however, in the contract were a couple of clauses that say the agent can never lawfully assume that kind of power -- that would be the 9th and 10th Amendments. And the same contract contains a forcible removal clause, that would be the 2nd Amendment, and this very same contract was signed by all of your neighbors as well. Why would one separate from their neighbors at this point, since you will need them alongside you in your effort to uncover what this rogue agent has been up to and bring him to justice.

To secede from the union of states, would leave you vulnerable without the Constitution which was the agreement that bound the states. Secession would destroy this bond. The 9th and 10th Amendment State Sovereignty Resolutions, do not, nor can they claim secession, they claim constitutionally protected sovereignty, state sovereignty... therefore these resolutions cannot break the constitutional union of already sovereign states. It only severs the state from the lawlessness of the central government while retaining its constitutional tie.

The fact that the states are using the Constitution and Bill of Rights to affect this movement, and reaffirm within the wording of the resolutions, the convention ratified 1791 Constitution and Bill of Rights, via the 9th and 10th amendments as the supreme law of the land, this alone should tell anyone who can read, that these resolutions are NOT resolutions for secession-- this is using the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the way it was intended.

JTCoyoté

"We the people are dependent upon
one another, to the extent that we
respect, protect, and defend each
other's personal sovereignty and
individual freedom."
~Coyoté

[Optimus]

Missouri House of Representatives

HR 212 http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hr212.htm

Declares Missouri's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment and urges the United States Congress to reject the passage of the federal Freedom of Choice Act which prohibits regulations on abortion

Has only this short summary. No text of the bill yet.

[Shorebreak]

One thing that everyone needs to understand, is that this is NOT a secessionist movement. This is a constitution reaffirmation movement that seeks to force the federal power back into its circumscribed constitutional boundaries.

100% correct. If it turns into a secessionist movement, watch out. Once they start to balkanize us, the divide and conquer technique will truly be successful, and a lot of folks who don't understand what is happening will be caught up in the effort. Division is the plan, in order to generate support for divided states to join an economic block in order to rebuild their economies. The criminals who have usurped the government are purposely discrediting it in order to encourage liberty minded individuals to secede. Divide and conquer, and the folks who love the Constitution will be the ones driving the effort.

Don't buy into it. Support a state-backed return to Constitutional law and reject any talk about secession.

[JTCoyoté]

100% correct. If it turns into a secessionist movement, watch out. Once they start to balkanize us, the divide and conquer technique will truly be successful, and a lot of folks who don't understand what is happening will be caught up in the effort. Division is the plan, in order to generate support for divided states to join an economic block in order to rebuild their economies. The criminals who have usurped the government are purposely discrediting it in order to encourage liberty minded individuals to secede. Divide and conquer, and the folks who love the Constitution will be the ones driving the effort.

Don't buy into it. Support a state-backed return to Constitutional law and reject any talk about secession.

       Very well said, and right on the money!

       

JTCoyoté

"We the people are dependent upon
one another, to the extent that we
respect, protect, and defend each
other's personal sovereignty and
individual freedom."
~Coyoté

[sociostudent]

One thing that everyone needs to understand, is that this is NOT a secessionist movement. This is a constitution reaffirmation movement that seeks to force the federal power back into its circumscribed constitutional boundaries.

The states all came together in the beginning as sovereign entities, they created a contract that bound them to one another for their mutual security. Then they created a federal administrator, a central agency that would represent the several states on the world stage, administer international commerce, and protect the common borders. The states created a central government.

They created it much like you would hire an attorney to represent your affairs. What has happened is the attorney has grown corrupt, he is now representing himself as you, he has taken possession of your money, your home, your car, your children call him daddy, and he is just now walking up the stairs to your wife in the bedroom to consummate his complete takeover of your life, your liberty, your property, and your family.

When you hired him however, in the contract was a clause that says that the agent can never assume that kind of power. And the same contract was signed by all of your neighbors. Why would separate yourself from your neighbors at this point, since you will need them alongside you to uncover what this rogue agent has been up to and bring him to justice.

To secede from the union of states, would leave you vulnerable without the Constitution which was the agreement that bound the states. Secession would destroy this bond. The 9th and 10th amendment state sovereignty resolutions, do not, nor can they claim secession, they claim constitutionally protected sovereignty, state sovereignty... therefore these resolutions cannot break the constitutional union of already sovereign states. It only severs the state from the lawlessness of the central government while retaining its constitutional tie.

The fact that the states are using the Constitution and Bill of Rights to affect this movement, and reaffirm within the wording of the resolutions, the convention ratified 1791 Constitution and Bill of Rights, via the 9th and 10th amendments as the supreme law of the land, this alone should tell anyone who can read, that these resolutions are NOT resolutions for secession-- this is using the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the way it was intended.

JTCoyoté

"We the people are dependent upon
one another, to the extent that we
respect, protect, and defend each
other's personal sovereignty and
individual freedom."
~Coyoté

VERY WELL SAID!

[adissenter2]

Montana Firearms Freedom Act http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm
HOUSE BILL NO. 246
INTRODUCED BY J. BONIEK, BENNETT, BUTCHER, CURTISS, RANDALL, WARBURTON

passed the second reading 64-36 on Saturday Feb 14th 09
http://laws.leg.mt.gov/laws09/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&P_BILL_NO=246&P_BILL_DFT_NO=&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJ_DESCR=&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_LST_NM1=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=

[adissenter2]

A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA AFFIRMING STATES' RIGHTS AND CONDEMNING ENCROACHMENT OF THOSE RIGHTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

This resolution that asserts state sovereignty has been introduced by Rep. Mike More as HJ 26.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/lchtml/LC2235.htm  <--- Text of Resolution.

It was introduced today(Feb 17)!  Quick Enough?
http://laws.leg.mt.gov/laws09/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HJ&P_BILL_NO=26&P_BILL_DFT_NO=&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJ_DESCR=&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_LST_NM1=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=

[adissenter2]

link was broken due to updating here is the text to the MT Sovereignty Resolution
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HJ0026.htm

[Optimus]

Texas

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/HC00050I.htm

81R5789 MMS-F
 
  By: Creighton H.C.R. No. 50
 
 
   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
          WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
   United States reads as follows: "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
          WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of 
   federal power as being that specifically granted by the 
   Constitution of the United States and no more; and
          WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment 
   means that the federal government was created by the states 
   specifically to be an agent of the states; and
          WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated 
   as agents of the federal government; and
          WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the 
   Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
          WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of 
   the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union 
   of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal 
   government may not usurp; and
          WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says, 
   "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a 
   Republican Form of Government," and the Ninth Amendment states that 
   "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not 
   be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"; 
   and
          WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New 
   York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not 
   simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the 
   states; and
          WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations 
   and some now pending from the present administration and from 
   congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; 
   now, therefore, be it
          RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas 
   hereby claim sovereignty 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; and, be it further
          RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal 
   government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective 
   immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these 
   constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
          RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that 
   directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal 
   penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation 
   or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it 
   further
          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 
   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 
   the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the 
   senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the 
   Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this 
   resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a 
   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.

[Femacamper]

Excellent interview on the show, JTCoyoté...you definitely got your ducks in a row on this one!!! (I always enjoy when you mysteriously pop up on the Alex Jones Show...)

       

[dlvrme]

JTCoyote You're my Hero.   

[luckee1]

I took vulgar amounts of copy paste license.  and even gave people contact info on how to contact their reps.  This word should spread like wildfire. 

Thanks JT..  you guys rock!

[JTCoyoté]

Thank you Tiff... 

Luckee,

Dont forget to link them to this show, it gets to the history of the movement, and some of the things folks need to watch out for as well.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=JTCoyote&aq=f

JTCoyoté

"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
~James Madison

[JTCoyoté]

Attention Everyone!!!!!.... update from Jofortruth... Tonight at midnight Eastern!!!!

"Wow! Lou Dobbs showed a map of the States joining the 10th Amendment Sovereignty movement and discussed the movement. It's on Lou Dobbs tonight Tuesday, April 14. He's on again 12 midnight EST I believe. I saw it on his early show. We need to find this video and put it on you tube and give to Alex.

1st time I've heard it on a mainline news show. ABOUT TIME!"   

JTCoyoté

"The government turns every contingency
into an excuse for enhancing power in itself."
~John Adams

[Lilly Bighorn]

"I will suppose a case. Gentlemen may call it an impossible case, and suppose that Congress will act with wisdom and integrity. Among the enumerated powers, Congress are to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, and to pay the debts, and to provide for the general welfare and common defense; and by that clause (so often called the sweeping clause) they are to make all laws necessary to execute those laws. Now, suppose oppression should arise under this government, and any writer should dare to stand forth, and expose to the community at large the abuses of those powers; could not Congress, under the idea of providing for the general welfare, and under their own construction, say that this was destroying the general peace, encouraging sedition, and poisoning the minds of the people? And could they not, in order to provide against this, lay a dangerous restriction on the press? It appears to me that they may and they will. And shall the support of our rights depend on the bounty of men whose interest it may be to oppress us? That Congress should have the power to provide for the general welfare of the Union, I grant. But I wish a clause in the Constitution, with respect to all powers which are not granted, that they are retained by the states. Otherwise, the power of providing for the general welfare may be perverted to its destruction... Unless there be some express declaration that every thing given is retained, it will be carried to any power Congress may please.

~George Mason, June 14, 1788

[JTCoyoté]

This is precisely the reason for the 9th and 10th Amendments being added, as well as why no branch of the federal government could claim to be the final arbiter of what the Constitution says and nowhere therein is it written otherwise... By the 9th and 10th Amendments however, the States and the people hold power by Right and Law, over the federal agent.

The idea that it is within the federal power to arbitrarily interpret the Preamble, without the expressed will of We the People by plebiscite, or by state petition, as aegis by which it may somehow extend it's Article I section 8 power, is a hell of a stretch...

As a side note... Even with the 9th and 10th as safeguards, still George Mason would not sign the Constitution...

--Oldyoti

"The government turns every contingency
into an excuse for enhancing power in itself."
~John Adams

[Elvis]

But I wish a clause in the Constitution, with respect to all powers which are not granted, that they are retained by the states. Otherwise, the power of providing for the general welfare may be perverted to its destruction... Unless there be some express declaration that every thing given is retained, it will be carried to any power Congress may please.
~George Mason, June 14, 1788

"Unenumerated rights are sometimes defined as legal rights inferred from other legal rights that are officialized in a retrievable form codified by law institutions, such as in written constitutions, but are not themselves expressly coded or "enumerated" among the extant writ of the law. Alternative terminology sometimes used are: natural rights, background rights, and fundamental rights.

Unenumerated rights may alternatively refer to a situation when an individual or group of people delegate limited powers to a government. "If a line can be drawn between the powers granted and the rights retained, it would seem to be the same thing, whether the latter be secured by declaring that they shall not be abridged, or that the former shall not be extended."

Unenumerated rights may be actual rights insofar as they necessitate the systematization of positively enumerated rights anywhere laws would become logically incoherent, or could not be adhered to or maintained in the exclusion of those unenumerated items as rights. Examples of this include federal systems where constituent member constitutions have to be interpreted in relation to their membership in the federal whole, adjudicative of whether authority is rightfully devolved or more rightly federative.

This term alternatively, is used loosely to mean any perceived rights, often considered peremptory or intuitively fiat (such as God-given rights innate to each individual or inherent to mankind), that are without expression or instance of articulation & without consideration of the necessity to their existence extrapolated from the logical unity of other positive rights."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unenumerated_rights

It is this vast amount of unenumerated rights unalienable to mankind that U.S. governments in all forms continue to chip away at. Without enumeration, they appear to be fair game. One major current example would be taxation without representation; I'm referring to representation of the general populace, not special interests. You would think that this would be one of those unenumerated rights. Evidently not.

[Elvis]

"The Virginia Ratifying Convention was a convention of 168 delegates from Virginia who met in 1788 to ratify or reject the United States Constitution, which had been drafted at the Philadelphia Convention the previous year. Delegates met and deliberated from June 2 through June 27 in Richmond at the Richmond Theatre, presently the site of Monumental Church. By unanimous consent, Judge Edmund Pendleton served as the convention's president.

Delegates in favor of ratification ("Federalists") were led by James Madison, who had been a driving force behind the framing of the new Constitution. Other notable Federalists included Pendleton and John Marshall.

Opposing them were Patrick Henry, George Mason, William Grayson, James Monroe, and other "Anti-Federalists", who believed that the Constitution created a central government that was too powerful. Henry, the leader of this faction, opposed allowing the new central government to directly tax citizens of the various states, and he feared that the newly created office of President of the United States would become far too powerful. Henry's hostility to the government under the Constitution was so strong that he subsequently refused to join it, turning down offers to serve as United States Secretary of State and as a justice of the United States Supreme Court.

A major issue during the Virginia Ratification Convention was the question of individual rights. Many delegates who were in generally in favor of the Constitution were concerned that it did not contain a list of guaranteed rights akin to the celebrated Virginia Declaration of Rights. George Mason argued for the addition of a bill of rights, among other modifications.
This plaque in Richmond's West Hospital marks where the convention was held. The original building, a converted theater, is long gone.

On June 25, the convention ratified the Constitution by a vote of 89 to 79. The convention recommended but did not require the addition of a bill of rights. Many of the ideas presented during this convention were later incorporated into the United States Bill of Rights."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Ratifying_Convention

[Elvis]

"George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Along with James Madison, he is called the "Father of the Bill of Rights."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason

Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent natural rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government. It influenced a number of later documents, including the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), the United States Bill of Rights (1789), and the French Revolution's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789). The Declaration was adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776 as a separate document from the Constitution of Virginia adopted on June 29, 1776.[1] It was later incorporated within the Virginia State Constitution as Article I, and a slightly updated version may still be seen in Virginia's Constitution, making it legally in effect to this day.

"It was initially drafted by George Mason ca. May 20-26, 1776, and later amended by Thomas Ludwell Lee and the Convention to add Section 14 on the Right to uniform government. Mason based his document on the rights of citizens described in earlier works such as the English Bill of Rights (1689), and the Declaration can be considered the first modern Constitutional protection of individual rights for citizens of North America. It rejected the notion of privileged political classes or hereditary offices such as the members of Parliament and House of Lords described in the English Bill of Rights."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights

Virginia Declaration of Rights:

    I That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.

    II That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

    III That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of government that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that, whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.

    IV That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge be hereditary.

    V That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judicative; and, that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections in which all, or any part of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.

    VI That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community have the right of suffrage and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.

    VII That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.

    VIII That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty, nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land or the judgement of his peers.

    IX That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

    X That general warrants, whereby any officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive and ought not to be granted.

    XI That in controversies respecting property and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred.

    XII That the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

    XIII That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and be governed by, the civil power.

    XIV That the people have a right to uniform government; and therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of, the government of Virginia, ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof.

    XV That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

    XVI That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.

    Adopted unanimously June 12, 1776 Virginia Convention of Delegates drafted by Mr. George Mason

[xfahctor]

I've been listening to your stuff on youtube jt, great stuff indeed. I was wondering if I could use a few these clips to educate people?

[luckee1]

JT,
I got an email from my rep today: (Deleted my name)

XXXXXXX - Thank you for your communication.  There are two House Resolutions that have been introduced in the 106th General Assembly that are what you are requesting.  They are HJR 104 by Campfield and HJR 108 by Lynn.  Currently HJR 104 has been assigned to the sub committee of Civil Practice and HJR 108 is up for consideration in sub committee of Civil Practice today 4/14/09.
 
Feel free to log on www.legislature.state.tn.us and enter the HJR 108 to see what the history is and what action is taken in sub committee today.  
END


I did and I guess they will work on it tomorrow:

*HJR 0108 by *Lynn , Maggart, Hawk, Niceley, Swafford, Campfield, Dennis, Haynes, Watson, Dunn, Eldridge, Coley, Bell, Floyd, Mumpower, Cobb J, Casada, Hill, Evans, Rich, Montgomery, Sargent, McDaniel, Harrison, Hensley, Carr, Halford, Harwell, McManus, Lollar, Brooks H, Shipley, Faulkner, Ramsey, Matheny, Lundberg

Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to recognize Tennessee's sovereignty under the tenth amendment to the Constitution. -



Action Def. in s/c Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD to 4/15/2009 04/14/2009
Placed on s/c cal Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD for 04/14/2009 04/08/2009


As of today the state of Tennessee is just tossing it around.

There is no real verbiage.  but here are the stats so far in two bills:

Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to recognize Tennessee's sovereignty under the tenth amendment to the Constitution. -
The Abstract summarizes HJR0108 as introduced.



This one is done:
HJR 104
TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

[JTCoyoté]

I've been listening to your stuff on youtube jt, great stuff indeed. I was wondering if I could use a few these clips to educate people?

Yes, of course... educate away...

Some of my dates are off a bit in the first segment of the youtube piece but the details are all "right on"... the real dates are...
 
Charlie had the 10th amendment epiphany the 3rd week of session, mid-Jan. 1994
The radio show I called into back then was on Feb. 23 1994. 
I started at the statehouse working with Charlie on the resolution on March 1st 1994.
Charles Duke appeared on Coast to CoastAM on April 7/8 1994...
Everything else is solid!

Also, I will be on Jason's Info-Warrior show, this Thursday for an hour... so tune in... 

--Oldyoti

"The government turns every contingency
into an excuse for enhancing power in itself."
~John Adams

[Elvis]

Support the Enumerated Powers Act

"If you think Congress should have to quote “chapter and verse” from the Constitution before it creates a new law or program, please ask Congress to pass the “Enumerated Powers Act.”

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/

The Enumerated Powers Act is a proposed bill in the United States House of Representatives which requires legislation passed by Congress cite those provisions of the Constitution that give them the power to pass such legislation. The bill has been proposed by Congressman John Shadegg in every Congress since the 104th, and frequently draws many co-sponsors. It has never been passed. However, at the beginning of the 105th Congress, significant portions of the bill were adopted into House rules[citation needed].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated_powers

HR 450 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 450

To require Congress to specify the source of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 9, 2009

Mr. SHADEGG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require Congress to specify the source of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Enumerated Powers Act’.

SEC. 2. SPECIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR ENACTMENT OF LAW.

(a) Constitutional Authority for This Act- This Act is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress under article I, section 8, clause 18, of the United States Constitution and the power granted to each House of Congress under article I, section 5, clause 2, of the United States Constitution.

(b) Constitutional Authority Statement Required- Chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 102 the following new section:

‘Sec. 102a. Constitutional authority clause

‘Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. The failure to comply with this section shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress. The availability of this point of order does not affect any other available relief.’

(c) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 102 the following new item:

‘102a. Constitutional authority clause.’.

The bill has been referred to the following committees:
House Judiciary
House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
House Rules

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-450&tab=committees

[Elvis]

Also, I will be on Jason's Info-Warrior show, this Thursday for an hour... so tune in... 

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

[luckee1]

SIGH!!!


THEY PUT IT OFF AGAIN
TENNESSE VOLUNTEERS MY ASS!


Placed on s/c cal Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD for 04/21/2009 04/15/2009
Action Def. in s/c Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD to 4/21/2009 04/15/2009
Action Def. in s/c Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD to 4/15/2009 04/14/2009
Placed on s/c cal Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD for 04/14/2009


JT I WILL LISTEN IN TOO !

[JTCoyoté]

Okay guys, here we go... 

http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=90338.msg591079#msg591079

--Oldyoti

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence;
it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant
and a fearful master... Firearms are second
only to the Constitution in importance;
they are the Peoples' Liberty's Teeth."
~George Washington

[dlvrme]

Here is Nevada's

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/68th/reports/HistoryLibraryNELIS.cfm?SessionNumber=Nelis_95R&DocumentType=SJR&BillNo=1

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/68th/95bills/SJR01.TXT


I have been working on another website, and trying to get up to speed on all of the implications of the this movement.  So, I feel a bit like a loose missle right now, working on this, the Tea Party, on Campaign for liberty, and hopefully something I do will hit something!

[jofortruth]

Summary of 10th Amendment State Resolutions: As of April 22, 2009
http://z4.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Deception/index.php?showtopic=6084
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14536220/10th-Amendment-State-Legislation-Summary

[egypt]

Are there some current statistics on how many & what States have passed 10th Amendment Sovereignty Resolution?  Last I had heard, 35 States had passed it.

[JTCoyoté]

 Yes, now will the states have the communication in concert, as well as the resolve to use it.

JTCoyoté

"...the State of Colorado hereby claims sovereignty, under the 10th
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, over all powers
not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by
the United States Constitution." ~From HJR-94-1035, The First
10th Amendment State Sovereignty Resolution, 1994