Thread: IS STATE SOVEREIGNTY DEAD? By Michael LeMieux

IS STATE SOVEREIGNTY DEAD?

By Michael LeMieux
April 2, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

We are hearing more and more these days of state sovereignty, Tenth Amendment Resolutions, enumerated powers of Congress, and separation of powers; but what really do those in Congress, who make federal law, really know and understand about this topic?

I think many of you know, and I have written in the past, that this nation was founded on the principle of not amassing too much power in any one branch of the government. History of the constitutional convention and ratifying speeches, on the other hand, show many examples of states being the primary government entity when it came to the people.

In a 2008 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report (RL30315) http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30315.pdf dated February 1 entitled “Federalism, State Sovereignty, and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Powerâ€

Excellent post, thank you!