I saw something while working on this post for Georgia Legislative Watch that caught my eye.
It was known as HR 280, and its title was “Claim sovereignty under Tenth Amendment of Constitution over certain powers; serve notice to federal government to cease and desist”.
Basically, this Resolution says that the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution declared that any power not specifically vested in the National government via the Constitution was reserved to the States. The National government was created to be an agent of the States, yet now treats the States as agents of the National government. Many National decisions are direct violations of the 10th Amendment, and SCOTUS ruled in 1992 that the US Congress can not simply override the legislative and regulatory processes of the States. Finally, there is a lot of stuff going on right now in Washington that if done as proposed would further violate the 10th Amendment.
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State Senate Bills I Find Interesting (SB142-SB153)
Conclusions:
SB142: OPPOSE
SB143: OPPOSE
SB144: SUPPORT
SB145: OPPOSE
SB146: OPPOSE
SB147: OPPOSE
SB148: SUPPORT
SB149: OPPOSE
SB150: SUPPORT
SB151: SUPPORT
SB152: SUPPORT
SB153: OPPOSE
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