[CTRL] The 10th Amendment
-Caveat Lector- Don't look now but Massachusetts just made a 180 degree turn! -- Bill WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! The 10th Amendment The 10th Amendment is one of the most important safeguards against the federal government encroaching the rights of the states. In the 1880's it was known as the quarantine amendment. The State of Massachusetts would not even join the Union until the 10th Amendment was accepted as part of the Constitution. In Judge Cooley's book , Constitutional Limitations, on page 706 it says: In the American Constitutional system, the power to establish the ordinary police regulations has been left with the individual States and it can not be taken from them, either wholly or in part, and exercised under legislation of Congress. Neither can the National Government through any of its departments and officers, assume any supervision of police regulations of the States. What is meant by police powers? The states' powers were health, education, welfare, family affairs and police protection. Please read that sentence again. Collectively they are referred to as the police powers of the states. Clearly and unmistakably our founding fathers intended the states to be in full control of health, education, welfare and police protection, and not subject to federal government interference. The clear and unmistakable language of the 10th Amendment prevents a federal police force interfering with law enforcement in the states. In the name of terrorism or Jack The Ripper, the federal government nor any of its agencies ATF, FEMA, FBI, CIA, etc. etc., has no right of interference into the local and State policing duties. And incidentally, there are many who believe that TERRORISM is a home-front POLICE issue, as I do as well. Have you ever noticed that the federal government always makes its biggest advancements in growth, power and money when it declares a war? War on Drugs, War on Education, War on Pollution, War on Poverty, War on Terrorism?? What war? There has been no declaration of war declared by Congress. Yet the people continue to fund and support these unconstitutional acts of government. The most important feature of the 10th Amendment is that it fixes limitations on the federal government which is one of delegated powers and not original powers. This makes it impossible for the federal government to take any power by inference. The power to be taken, or exercised must be clearly expressed in the Constitution or it cannot be taken. In Article V there is the right to amend but not to make new. It would not be an amendment to abolish the Constitution and adopt the Communist Manifesto or the laws of another country. An amendment has to be something germane to the instrument; it must be something already in the Constitution or it fails the test of an amendment. Making a new Constitution would only be binding to the states that agreed to be bound by it and could not become a part of the Constitution until every state adopted it. What this means is, no one can alter the 10th Amendment nor twist it to suit their own purpose, nor can the federal government do anything which is not in its delegated powers, Article I, Sec. 8, Clauses 1-18. The 10th Amendment fixes the type of limitation upon organic law, and makes the federal government one of delegated powers and not original powers. The 10th Amendment puts police powers, health, education, and welfare out of reach of the central government and gives these powers solely to the states. The rape of the 10th Amendment has been a highlight of every administration for the past 100 years. And it has long been the desire of the communist, socialist and liberals to get bills passed at break-neck speeds that would negate the 10th Amendment. This would allow the federal government to control education, health, welfare, and policing. One of the most serious violations of the 10th Amendment occurred when President Teddy Roosevelt twisted and squeezed the Constitution in defiance of the 10th Amendment creating the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was established by an unconstitutional act called executive order. Because the Constitution does not allow a Federal Police Force. (You may recall a recent article from Congressman Ron Paul on FEDERAL POLICE FORCE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.) If our nation were obedient to the Constitution, the FBI would be no more than security guards guarding federal property. Today, the FBI and the CIA is one of the greatest threats to citizens' liberties in America. A large proportion of the FBI's methods of collecting information are not subject to public accountability, which is the very reason why the founding fathers decreed that there could be no central police apparatus and law enforcement was left up to the states under the 10th Amendment. In most states we have Constable's and we have Sheriff's. They are the supreme law
Re: [CTRL] The 10th Amendment (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- What is the NUMBER of this Executive Order? An EO MUST be PUBLISHED in order for it to go into effect. Let's see it? Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zombie Cow Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 8:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] The 10th Amendment (fwd) -Caveat Lector- - IUFO Mailing List SIGHTINGS New Executive Order On Federalism - Latest Assault On The Constitution Comment By Brad Bernards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amending the 10th Amendment -August 10, 1999- On August 5, President Clinton signed an Executive Order on Federalism, the division of power between Washington, D.C. and the States. The President claims Constitutional authority to turn our Constitution on it's head. This executive order, which I have read, seeks to guarantee the division of governmental responsibilities intended by the Framers of the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, does not need to be clarified. I have quoted the Constitution before and I proudly do it again: "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 tenth amendment, and any attempt by President Clinton to improve on it will most certainly not be to the benefit of the states or the people. This is an outright attempt by the federal government to take from us power we have yet to claim but, nonetheless, is still ours under the Constitution. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government - they are finite and limited intentionally. The President, through each and every agency, would like to impose federal rules and regulations absorbing powers that are, as of yet, unclaimed by the states. The previous attempt to steal away our power last year in Executive Order 13083 was met with much opposition after it was exposed. He had created the document without the input of those affected. It was later suspended, and now revoked as this EO replaces it. Amending the Constitution takes the congress and all 50 States but the President may do it, unnoticed, through an Executive Order The document is clever because it now has the input of many, although we don't know specifically who, and on the surface appears quite benign. The AP reports that state and local officials appear satisfied with the rewritten order. The language of this Executive Order is indeed deferential to the states. The document reads well until you discover that all the input gathered from state and local government, the consulting with state and local officials on developing standards and the opportunity for participation in rulemaking proceedings is just that much talk. I see nowhere in the document that any input be digested at all. Federal agencies will be able to do what they want provided they follow the prescribed method which is not much more than whoops to placate the intergovernmental organizations concerned. The federal government can and will put into force any rule they want with or without the approval of anyone. The White House's own press release says: "...the Order makes clear that federal action is appropriate in the presence of a problem of national scope or significance." This statement by itself admits that the Executive Branch can make anything their business and have an agency create federal rules to govern it. At a time when we need to pare back the federal government, they seem intent on grabbing any remaining power not nailed down by claim of the states or the people. The United States Constitution is a magnificent document and Clinton would do best to read it and follow it. Instead, he's going to fix it. He calls it strengthening
Re: [CTRL] The 10th Amendment (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- New Executive Order On Federalism - Latest Assault On The Constitution Comment By Brad Bernards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amending the 10th Amendment -August 10, 1999- On August 5, President Clinton signed an Executive Order on Federalism, the division of power between Washington, D.C. and the States. The President claims Constitutional authority to turn our Constitution on it's head. This executive order, which I have read, seeks to guarantee the division of governmental responsibilities intended by the Framers of the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, does not need to be clarified. I have quoted the Constitution before and I proudly do it again: "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 tenth amendment, and any attempt by President Clinton to improve on it will most certainly not be to the benefit of the states or the people. This is an outright attempt by the federal government to take from us power we have yet to claim but, nonetheless, is still ours under the Constitution. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government - they are finite and limited intentionally. The President, through each and every agency, would like to impose federal rules and regulations absorbing powers that are, as of yet, unclaimed by the states. The previous attempt to steal away our power last year in Executive Order 13083 was met with much opposition after it was exposed. He had created the document without the input of those affected. It was later suspended, and now revoked as this EO replaces it. Amending the Constitution takes the congress and all 50 States but the President may do it, unnoticed, through an Executive Order The document is clever because it now has the input of many, although we don't know specifically who, and on the surface appears quite benign. The AP reports that state and local officials appear satisfied with the rewritten order. The language of this Executive Order is indeed deferential to the states. The document reads well until you discover that all the input gathered from state and local government, the consulting with state and local officials on developing standards and the opportunity for participation in rulemaking proceedings is just that much talk. I see nowhere in the document that any input be digested at all. Federal agencies will be able to do what they want provided they follow the prescribed method which is not much more than whoops to placate the intergovernmental organizations concerned. The federal government can and will put into force any rule they want with or without the approval of anyone. The White House's own press release says: "...the Order makes clear that federal action is appropriate in the presence of a problem of national scope or significance." This statement by itself admits that the Executive Branch can make anything their business and have an agency create federal rules to govern it. At a time when we need to pare back the federal government, they seem intent on grabbing any remaining power not nailed down by claim of the states or the people. The United States Constitution is a magnificent document and Clinton would do best to read it and follow it. Instead, he's going to fix it. He calls it strengthening the partnership. He says that the Federal government and State and local governments should work together as partners. He wants to be my partner and my State's partner for the simple reason that we have something that he wants - power. After all, he didn't sign an Executive Order promising to limit the reach of the federal government. This will make government bigger. It will compromise our individual rights to the powers reserved to us by the Constitution and will compromise the sovereignty of every state in this union. You have to remember who wrote this Executive Order. The word "is" appears 24 times. This is a man who will trick you with verb tenses. He has proven that he will make a statement that says the exact opposite of what he means. Now, he has made a statement that implies he is protecting the Constitution. It is the work of smarter people than me to take his words apart - to dissect the 7 pages of this order to see if it looks anything like the 28 words of the tenth amendment. We have 90 days from August fifth until this Order takes effect. It's going to be harder this time around to expose this Clinton Lie now that he has received input from those affected. So far, I have no hope the major media will jump on this without pressure. It's our power he wants, so it's our responsibility to stop him. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not
