The American Freedom Network

Tenth Amendment Resolutions: A Modest Proposal

Gov. Sarah Palin signed Alaska’s ’10th Amendment Petition,’ which, like others introduced around the country, reclaims for the State of Alaska its’ dual sovereignty in the American Union, as the 10th Amendment specifies when it states that, “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.” States should assert their legitimate rights in the face of reckless Federal abuse of power and usurpation of authority.  But please note that “the people” are also mentioned as having rights reserved to them.  Adding to this what the Ninth Amendment states regarding the enumeration of certain rights not being cause to disparage others held by the people (Common Law rights, principally), one could propose that “the people” ought to have their own Tenth Amendment petition, and a Ninth Amendment one, as well.

Some of the rights we ought to assert include our right to serve on juries, and to exercise jury nullification when serving on them; to keep and bear arms; to raise our children without state oversight or interference, to educate our children as we see fit, and so on.  Even if our petitions, respectfully submitted, do no other good than to put the Federal Government on notice that we do not support their actions, would it not be worth it?

If there is sufficient interest in this proposal, perhaps such a petition could be drafted and posted here for interested citizens to sign before submission to Congress.  Your thoughts?