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The following appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Wednesday

December 21, 1994.



 

  "STATES SHOULD SEEK SANCTUARY IN 10th ANEMDMENT LIBERTIES"

 

   "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." That's the clear

message of the now-meaningless 10th Amendment to our Constitution.

 

   California has joined Colorado, Missouri, Hawaii and Illinois

in asserting 10th Amendment rights, demanding that the federal

government cease and desist all mandates and interferences

exceeding those delegated by the Constitution.

 

   Under the leadership of state Sen. Don Rogers, a resolution

claiming state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment won approval

in the California Assembly by a vote of 54 to 12 and in the state

Senate by 22 to 9. Similar resolutions, in protest against the

heavy-handed mandates and edicts of Congress, are in the

introductory or drafting stage in 12 other states.

 

   Were it not for the 10th Amendment, our founders would have

never ratified the Constitution. They correctly feared the

development and consolidation of a powerful and meddlesome

federal government.

 

   In 'The Federalist Papers', James Madison explained Washington's

role: "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the

federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain

in the state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former

will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace,

negotiation and foreign commerce .... The powers reserved to the

several states will extend to all the objects which in the

ordinary course of affairs concern the lives and liberties, and

properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and

prosperity of the state."

 

   The meaning of the 10th Amendment is clear. Our power-hungry

Congress and derelict Supreme Court have allowed Madison's vision

to be stood on its head. Today, the powers of the federal

government are "numerous and indefinite," and those of the state

are "few."

 

   The 10th Amendment movement may be America's last chance to

peacefully get Congress to obey the Constitution. Politicians

have seriously understimated public anger and are blind to the

rebellion spreading across the land.

 

   In response to the heavy hand of the U.S. Forest Service, New

Mexico's Catron County officials enacted the U.S. Constitution as

a county ordinance and put federal officials on notice that,

before they even dared to breathe in Catron County, they'd better

show up at the supervisor's meeting to get permission.

 

   Following Catron County's lead, five other New Mexico

counties, every Utah county, and Clark county and Siskiyou County

in Nevada have begun resisting congressional and bureaucratic

tyranny.

 

   Tens of thousands of Americans are discussing the formation of

armed militia units. These are not kooks but law-abiding people

who wish to be left alone by an increasingly illegitimate and

meddlesome government.

 

   The government response is predictable. According to an Aug.3,

1993 Albupuerque Tribune report, U.S. Forest Service Ranger Mike

Gardner told Catron citizens, maybe with Waco on his mind, "What

are you guys arming against?"  A 30-30 (rifle) won't do any good

against Bradley fighting vehicles and attack helicopters."

 

   Gardner should have been reminded that earlier patriots took

on Great Britain, the mightiest nation at that time, and won.

 

   Like our founders, we should first peacefully petition by

getting 38 state legislatures to enact 10th Amendment resolutions

and put teeth in them by giving a broad outline of mandates and

edicts we refuse to meet. If Congress doesn't listen, we

shouldn't hesitate to use the language tyrants understand best.

 

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