Should HCR 50 really affirm the Texas claims of sovereighty under the 10th Amendment?
UPDATE 23 FEB – State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Bill: HCR 50) February 19, 2009 · 4 Comments UPDATED 23 FEB Eleven States Declare Sovereignty Over Obama’s Action State governors — looking down the gun barrel of long-term spending forced on them by the Obama “stimulus” plan — are saying they will refuse to take the money. This is a Constitutional confrontation between the federal government and the states unlike any in our time. In the first five weeks of his presidency, Barack Obama has acted so rashly that at least 11 states have decided that his brand of “hope” equates to an intolerable expansion of the federal government’s authority over the states. These states — Washington, New Hampshire, Arizona, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, California, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas — have passed resolutions reminding Obama that the 10th Amendment protects the rights of the states, which are the rights of the peo
