Legislation in Texas House Would Re-affirm State Sovereignty


Analysis by James Aalan Bernsen - Texas Republic News

Texas legislators are jumping onto a growing bandwagon across the country of states re-affirming their constitutional rights under the 10th Amendment. Although it is unclear what, if any, practical effect the legislation will have, it highlights an issue many opponents of centralized government authority have been complaining about for decades.

Rep. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) has filed HCR 50 (see text here) to make a symbolic declaration to the U.S. Congress that Texas believes the federal government has overstepped its bounds in violating state sovereignty.

The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: 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.

While libertarians and many conservatives argue that the 10th Amendment prohibits the federal government from exercising any power “not delegated,â€