Thread: letter from Tennessee to the other 49 State Legislatures

They Can’t Push Us Around Forever

by State Rep. Susan Lynn (TN)
October 22, 2009

The following is a letter from Tennessee to the other 49 State Legislatures.

We send greetings from the Tennessee General Assembly. On June 23, 2009, House Joint Resolution 108, the State Sovereignty Resolution, was signed by Governor Phil Bredesen. The Resolution created a committee which has as its charge to:

Communicate the resolution to the legislatures of the several states,
Assure them that this State continues in the same esteem of their friendship, Call for a joint working group between the states to enumerate the abuses of authority by the federal government, and Seek repeal of the assumption of powers and the imposed mandates.

It is for those purposes that this letter addresses your honorable body.

In 1776, our founding fathers declared our freedom in the magnificent Declaration of Independence; our guide to governance. They established a nation of free and independent states. Declaring that the purpose of our political system is to secure for its citizens their natural rights. The Constitution authorizes the national government to carry out seventeen enumerated powers in Article 1, Section 8 and the powers of several of the ensuing amendments.

At the time of the Constitutional ratification process James Madison drafted the “Virginia Planâ€

Thank you Tennessee!