Citizens getting active to restore sovereignty in Colorado
There is a reason that the 10th Amendment was included in the original Bill of Rights. Jefferson felt that this was one of the more important parts of the Constitution.
In one of his letters written in 1824, he wrote, ” To the State governments are reserved all legislation and administration, in affairs which concern their own citizens only, and to the federal government is given whatever concerns foreigners, or the citizens of other States.”
The Tenth Amendment basically defines the powers of the state and federal government. It’s not written particularly long, or confusing, and it’s pretty clear as to the meaning. Just for review here it is
“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.”
The States wanted federal government power to be limited and the size and scope of those federal powers to be constrained by the delegated powers written in the Constitution. The States created a Federal government with limited power over their own governments and their people. If the 10th Amendment meant anything else, they would essentially be abdicating their own rights. The very same rights they just fought for. It would make no sense.
Most people would agree that their state government has a better idea of their needs than the federal government. Most people would agree that having a federal government imposing costs and controls against the wishes or even the approval of it own citizens is bad policy . These are not concepts that are only applicable in the horse and buggy era as some “activist” judges would have you believe. These concepts are common sense, if the people want to be free. The Jeffersonian fear of an all-powerful federal government that would deprive it’s citizens of economic and personal freedom has come true.
Where did it all go wrong? The moment after the Constitution was ratified. It’s been long ignored by vast numbers of politicians and judges in the name of power and control.
Let’s take the power back and get started by getting involved with contacting our State legislators. ColoradoLiberty.org is asking citizens to join the Battle To Restore Sovereignty To Colorado. There you will find contact information to all the State legislators and you can ask them to support the Colorado State Sovereignty Resolution SJM 09-011, a resolution supported by State Senators Lundberg, Cadman, Kopp, and Scheffel. State Rep. Kent Lambert was the State House co-sponsor, but the bill is currently postponed in the State Veterans & Military Affairs Committee. Please take the time to sign a petition online to to reinstate SJM09-011 a bill declaring Colorado’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
How do we get this bill out of the State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee? We need to convince Colorado State Senator Betty Boyd, Colorado State Senator Bob Bacon, and especially Committee Chair Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams who voted to postpone SJM 09 011 indefinitely, to reconsider their previous vote.
Here are a few groups in Colorado who active in educating people about State Sovereignty and the 10th Amendment:
Colorado Stands For Constitutional Sovereignty, and the Colorado State Sovereignty Center
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