by The constitution is clear about what the federal government is authorized to do, but the states demanded additional assurances that it would not be able to take for itself other powers not specifically delegated. Thus, the 10th amendment was adopted to further emphasize the LIMITED nature of the new federal government, and that all other rights and responsibilities not spelled out in the Constitution were retained by the states and the people at large. It appears that we must spell that out again.
Resolution to Enforce the Tenth Amendment
of the US Constitution in __________ County, (state)
SUMMARY of DECLARATION
Affirms that the United States Constitution, including the Tenth Amendment thereof, shall be enforced in __________ County, (state).
Declaration
WHEREAS, in the American system, sovereignty is defined as final authority, and the people, not the government, are sovereign; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of (state) do not accept the principle of unlimited submission to the Federal Government; and
WHEREAS, all power not delegated by the people to government is retained; and
WHEREAS, the people of the several States comprising the United States of America created the Federal Government to be their agent only for certain enumerated purposes; and
WHEREAS, all executive and judicial officials of the State of (state) are bound by Oath or Affirmation to support the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “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;” and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment confirms the total scope of federal power is confined to that which has been delegated by the people to the Federal Government in the Constitution of the United States, and also that which is necessary and proper to carry into execution those enumerated powers; with the rest being left to state governments or the people themselves; and
WHEREAS, powers too numerous to list in this resolution have been exercised by the Federal Government which infringe on the sovereignty of the people of this county and state, and may further violate the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, when powers are assumed by the Federal Government which have not been delegated to it, a nullification of such acts is the rightful remedy; that without this remedy, the people of this State would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whoever might exercise this right of judgment for them;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we hereby affirm the sovereignty of the people and the states, as affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, over all powers not otherwise delegated to the Federal Government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall serve as a Notice and Demand to the Federal Government to cease and desist any and all activities affecting this County that are outside the scope of their constitutionally-delegated powers; and, it be further
RESOLVED, that a committee be appointed by the Commissioners of this County, which shall have as its charge to recommend and propose the nullification of specific federal laws and regulations which impact the residents and businesses of this County and are outside the scope of the powers delegated to the Federal Government in the Constitution, and which have not already been set aside by either the federal courts or the State of (state); and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Commissioners and County Attorney shall act promptly to consider each such recommendation and to place the ones approved by the Commissioners before the people of the County, who by their sovereign vote in approval shall instruct the Sheriff to protect them from such federal laws and regulations; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Commissioners communicate the preceding resolutions and all actions that proceed from them to the Sheriffs of the various Counties of the State of (state) and to the Legislatures of (state) and the several States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of this State’s Congressional delegation with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record of the Congress of the United States of America.
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