Issue Position: State Sovereignty

Issue Position

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "All powers not specifically delegated to the Congress of the United States by this Constitution, nor prohibited to the states by this Constitution, are reserved to the states or to the people."

This amendment maintains the sovereignty of each of the individual states... period!

In 1823, Thomas Jefferson stated, "... I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore, to see maintained that wholesome distribution of powers established by the Constitution for the limitation of both; and never to see all offices transferred to Washington."

The Federal government has clearly over-reached its Constitutional limitations by its involvement in education, welfare, banking, and healthcare, and more. How much more government involvement in our lives do we want? I for one want LESS Washington, D.C. in my life!

We do not need the permission of the Federal government to take action as a sovereign state. Let's send a message to our State Legislators to take advantage of our sovereignty - whether the Federal government likes it or not. The Constitution has already guaranteed it.

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