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Attorney Generals from Florida and South Carolina are joining the Virginia AG (and the Landmark Legal Foundation) in warning congress not to proceed with this unconstitutional plan to ram through this unconstitutional government health care bill. Most of the 50 states are already moving to protect their citizens from this unconstitutional bill, even as socialists in congress grit their teeth and prepare to ram it down America’s throat. Read more »

The Attorney General of Virginia is the latest state official to warn congress not to pull yet another fast one in their attempt to ram government health care down the throats of the American people. AG Kenneth Cuccinelli has sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, warning her there would be a constitutional challenge if she attempted to ram through government health care without a vote of the people’s representatives. Read more »

Idaho became the first state to fully pass a measure protecting its citizens from the unconstitutional government health care plan Democrats in congress are hell-bent on passing. Some 37 other states are also working on similar legislation. One has to wonder if the rogue socialists in Washington D.C. give a whit about what the American people think anymore. Read more »

The best of the best at Dakota Voice last week, including: Global Warming in Historical Perspective; Obama and NOAA may soon abolish recreational fishing; State’s Rights Can Live Again; Climate Confusion at the National Association of Evangelicals; Tea Party Danger: Mediocrity; Public Education: The Indoctrination Factory; Open wide: Dems plan to ram it down whole; and more! Read more »

The South Dakota Legislature recently passed SB 89 which declares “exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota.” Now, a little more than a week later, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has signed the bill into law. Read more »

There is a loop hole that the Federal Courts have been using for years. Millions of us over the years have wondered, “How can the government do that?” or “That’s not in the Constitution, is it?” No,it is not!! So how? Answer: ” IMPLIED POWERS OF THE CONSTITUTION” Read more »

A bill that declares “exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota” passed in the South Dakota House of Representatives today. SB 89 was approved by a 49-19 vote. The bill had already passed the state Senate on Feb. 18 with a 29-4 vote. Read more »

Currently there are several bills in the South Dakota legislature opposed to the current federal attempt to take over health care in America. These included SB 137, SCR 1 and HJR 1001. On Monday, SCR1 passed the state Senate 22-10, and now goes to the state House for consideration. Read more »

With the opening of the 2010 legislative session in South Dakota, South Dakota has become the latest to join the Firearms Freedom movement which reasserts state jurisdiction over firearms manufactured and sold within the state. A host of South Dakota legislators have already signed onto SB 89 as sponsors, including some liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans. Read more »

The Heritage Foundation has an analysis of how Obamacare would hit federalism and state’s rights hard. Congress’ plans would essentially make the states mere administrative arms of federal policy. Read more »

The Ohio Senate has passed a resolution to “claim sovereignty over certain powers pursuant to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, to notify Congress to limit and end certain mandates, and to insist that federal legislation contravening the Tenth Amendment be prohibited or repealed.” Read more »

The typical liberal disrespect for the U.S. Constitution is always disgusting for patriotic Americans to watch, but while most liberals won’t come right out and admit they believe the Constitution is trash, MSNBC’s David Shuster comes right out and calls the Tenth Amendment “baloney”. Read more »

The latest of several states to tell the federal government to back off and stay within constitutional limits, the Alabama legislature has passed a resolution stating that any climate change legislation should not assault the U.S. economy the way Waxman-Markey does. Read more »

Nebraska is preparing to join the growing state’s rights movement to assert state sovereignty and return the federal government to its constitutional scope and level of authority. Read more »

A growing number of states are asserting their sovereignty against federal intrusion, and a couple are specifically targeting federal socialized medicine schemes. Texas Governor Rick Perry is the latest to tell the federal government “hands off” when it comes to forcing government health care on the people of Texas. Read more »

Even as the American government reaches new lows in assaults on the American people and the American way of life, there is hope that a return to Constitutional government may be around the corner. Several states are adopting “Tenth Amendment” resolutions that re-assert their sovereignty, and are even saying “back off” to cap-and-trade and socialized medicine schemes. Read more »

All across the country, from private citizens to the states themselves, the message is going forth over and over to Washington: don’t mess with our United States Constitution.
Tomorrow we will see Tax Day Tea Parties in hundreds of cities across the nation.  These Tea Parties are a response to the fiscal irresponsibility of our federal [...] Read more »