Oklahoma Tenth Amendment Resolution Redux

The Tenth Amendment-Oklahoma says the "Sooner" the better.

Last June news of the Tenth Amendment Resolution passed overwhelmingly by the Oklahoma house, went viral online, blazing across the Internet passed excitedly from one freedom loving American to another. State Representative Charles Key's robust resolution, intended to remind the federal government of their clearly enumerated powers per the Bill of Rights, captured the interest and goodwill of people across the nation. 

It's back and more necessary than ever.

Rep. Key put out a letter Dec. 22, 2008 that states;

"I want to give you an update on the 10th Amendment Resolution. Last year the bill passed the Oklahoma House 92-3. It was not heard in the Senate because the Senate Democrats refused to let it be heard. I have refiled the bill for the upcoming session as HJR 1003."

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Charles Key has said "The more we stand by and watch the federal government get involved in areas where it has no legal authority, we kill the Constitution a little at a time. The last few decades, the Constitution has been hanging by a thread."

He's exactly right.  The national government has indicated its intent to limit our unalienable rights by strong-arm tactics as illustrated by mandates such as the Real ID Act which would force us to submit to the collection of personal, biometric identifiers. That data is intended to be shared not only on a national level but internationally as well. Now, it looks like they have backup plan cooking, S.717 Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007.  The states can apply for grants on this one is they act like good boys and girls.   If the states accept that then they will have sold out our Bill of Rights. 

Representative Key's letter continues;

It is not guaranteed that the bill will be heard or passed. This is where I need your help. I need you and everyone who cares about preserving our constitution to contact your state representative and state senator and tell them you want them to support HJR 1003.

If you live in a state other than Oklahoma, please contact your state representative or state senator and ask them to file a 10th Amendment Resolution in your state. If you do have a legislator in your state that is interested in sponsoring a bill, please let my legislative assistant know and we will be in communication with them. My assistant's name is Sharon Brown. Contact information for Ms. Brown and my office is:
sharon.brown@okhouse.gov or 405-557-7354.

Thank you for your efforts and help in saving our constitutional form of government.

Sincerely,

Charles Key

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"bind him down from mischief with the chains of the Constitution."
Thomas Jefferson

The Letter from Rep. Key can be found at the OK-SAFE website. They also have some excellent information on Real ID and more that can be printed out.

http://www.ok-safe.com

The Executive Director, Amanda Teegarden did an excellent interview today on the Chris Medlock show about Real ID and the legislative efforts taking place in Oklahoma,

podcasts hour 1 and 2 for Dec, 23, 2008

http://podcast.1170kfaq.com/ChrisMedlock/tabid/1839/Default.aspx

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Soon our State Legislative sessions will begin. The nation is reeling from one assault after another upon our Constitution. This is THE time to raise the issue of sovereignty like never before.  The US government must be reminded of what it is that we hold dear. We must do all we can to see to it that our states take steps to preserve our natural rights and constitutional guarantees.

 We are answering a call for action that if attended to properly may prove to be very rewarding, unlike the recent fiasco when our representatives, who were in Washington and apparently too deafened by distance or dazzled and distracted by D.C. to hear us when we raised a din of opposition to against bailing out irresponsible banks.

We are fortunate in our state to have at least a handful of elected officials that will fight for to uphold the constitution and that the ones that will not, illustrating the genius of state sovereignty, are still close enough to be pinched.  This is precisely why we have to seize this opportunity that comes in the eleventh hour, to make resounding demand that our state hold fast to our founding contract.  If we, the "governed by consent", fail to take the steps necessary to make it known that we do not consent to these tyrannical mandates we are likely to see our promised federation continue to be devoured by the central government as it continues to consolidate power at a breakneck pace. 

We are also fortunate that a number of the founders were cautious and exacting men that did not shirk from jousting with Hamilton in order to provide us the tools by which to avoid just such an eventuality.  The Tenth Amendment, though somewhat rusty now from disuse, is one of those tools.

We will be the ones to bear the shame if the generations that will inherit the future that we leave to them, have reason to believe that we did nothing.

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