By Guest Column Michael Boldin——Bio and Archives--April 19, 2010
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the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. where powers are assumed [by the federal government] which have not been delegated [by the Constitution], a nullification of the act is the rightful remedySo while it might be important to call, petition, demand, march, sue and vote bums out, because they’re all bums, there’s much more we’re supposed to do. When the federal government violates your rights, you’re not supposed to wait four years for new politicians in the hope that they’ll fix it. You’re not supposed to wait two, or four, or more years for some black-robed judge to pronounce that they’ve violated your rights. You are supposed to resist those violations of your liberty as they happen – and it is your state’s solemn duty to do the same. NEW MOVEMENT While such a task might seem daunting, it’s something that’s already happening today, and has been growing in recent years too. In 2007, one state rep in Maine introduced a non-binding resolution opposing the REAL ID Act. In 2008, one state rep in Oklahoma introduced a simple non-binding resolution reaffirming the Constitution as defined by the 10th amendment,. In 2009, one state rep in Montana introduced a bill to nullify some federal gun laws and regulations. In 2009, one state rep in Arizona introduced a state constitutional amendment to effectively ban a national health care plan in that state. These simple, single acts by courageous people have grown into a state-level resistance to unconstitutional federal acts the likes this country has possibly never seen.
The Legislature of the State of _______________ declares that the federal law known as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, is not authorized by the Constitution of the United States and violates its true meaning and intent as given by the Founders and Ratifiers, and is hereby declared to be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, is specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state.And it adds some much-needed ‘teeth’ too:
Any official, agent, or employee of the United States government or any employee of a corporation providing services to the United States government that enforces or attempts to enforce an act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the government of the United States in violation of this act shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or a term of imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.They want to fine us or put us in jail for not buying insurance from some corporation. What’s next – fining us for not buying a Chevy? Well, it’s time that we turn this thing around – and in the federal health care nullification act – we fine THEM for violating our rights! While this may seem difficult to accomplish – or even insurmountable – if we do nothing, or if we even do the same things we’ve been doing, we’re doomed to failure. But if we do what’s right, we will succeed! Samuel Adams put it best: “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” Question: What do we do about it? Step one is to sign on in support the Federal Health Care Nullification Act. WeRefuse.com is a new website (and the only one that I’m aware of) dedicated solely to nullifying national health care on a state level. Join us in our first goal of 100,000 to stop national health care “laws” today! Let’s make this work and then we can use it as a model for every other constitutional violation coming out of D.C. Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center Michael Boldin is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center which you can find online at tenthamendmentcenter.com. Michael welcomes your feedback at info@tenthamendmentcenter.com.
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