Texas declares sovereignty

[JColumbus]

Lawmakers Again Attempting to Declare Sovereignty | The Texas Tribune

I'm admittedly a little confused about this one. What does this mean and what are the implications? It is my understanding that this will mean that we make our own laws and policies?
Thoughts?

 

[mikeofcontex]

I'll take a stab... sovereign states joined together in a union surrendering only specific rights clearly identified in the constitution. The federal, not national, government has assumed many more powers than were enumerated. A declaration of sovereignty is a reassertion of a commitment to those enumerated duties in the constitution and no more. If you will, it's a strong affirmation of the 10th amendment.

 

[JColumbus]

I'll take a stab... sovereign states joined together in a union surrendering only specific rights clearly identified in the constitution. The federal, not national, government has assumed many more powers than were enumerated. A declaration of sovereignty is a reassertion of a commitment to those enumerated duties in the constitution and no more. If you will, it's a strong affirmation of the 10th amendment.

Thank you. I gathered most of that. I just couldn't put it together as eloquently.

 

[Army 1911]

technically the United States is a republic of sovereign states. Taking a stand on the right of being sovereign is allowed under the tenth amendment which really is a limiter on federal power. Unfortunately, states and the people have not pushed the tenth enough and have given up more power to the federal government than the constitution allows.

 

[Brains]

I don't know if I wasn't paying enough attention in school, or if it was conveniently omitted from my civics classes way back when, but I honestly do not remember learning anything about state's rights in High School. You'd be surprised (or not) how many folks honestly have no clue what "United States" really, actually is supposed to mean. Hopefully with Texas restating our independence, Kansas stating their full intention of protecting their 2nd Amendment rights, etc. people will begin seeking out the information.

 

[Randy45]

Sounds to me like feel good politics which really don't mean a damn thing in the real world, but it makes the politicians feel like they are standing for something......why not vote on something with real substance like Campus Carry or Open Carry....naw lets pretend and vote on something that has no real meaning for the citizens of this state....geez....tired of all the stupid politicians and their games....

 

[Big Phil]

Yeah...no need to declare it, we are sovereign. It's just not recognized.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

I don't know if I wasn't paying enough attention in school, or if it was conveniently omitted from my civics classes way back when, but I honestly do not remember learning anything about state's rights in High School. You'd be surprised (or not) how many folks honestly have no clue what "United States" really, actually is supposed to mean. Hopefully with Texas restating our independence, Kansas stating their full intention of protecting their 2nd Amendment rights, etc. people will begin seeking out the information.

State's rights was quite a large deal when the Constitution was written. It was also what started the Civil War. Not slavery, as presented in revisionist history and believed by many Americans. Unfortunately, the federal government under Lincoln "felt" that The Union was more important than states exercising their rights, so federal troops were (unconstitutionally) sent in to put down those upstart states. The rest is (revisionist) history.....

 

[rsayloriii]

Unfortunately I'd say 90% or more of the sheeple believe that the Civil War was only about slavery.

"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ... and unfortunately they're taking us with them.

 

[BG1960]

State's rights was quite a large deal when the Constitution was written. It was also what started the Civil War. Not slavery, as presented in revisionist history and believed by many Americans. Unfortunately, the federal government under Lincoln "felt" that The Union was more important than states exercising their rights, so federal troops were (unconstitutionally) sent in to put down those upstart states. The rest is (revisionist) history.....

^^^ that. right there ^^^

 

[oldguy]

Unfortunately I'd say 90% or more of the sheeple believe that the Civil War was only about slavery.

This is one of my biggest gripes about media and movies on the civil war very little truth.

 

[scap99]

Unfortunately I'd say 90% or more of the sheeple believe that the Civil War was only about slavery.

"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ... and unfortunately they're taking us with them.

I graduated from public school in '93.
We were taught it was slavery.
I learned ON MY OWN later what it really was about.

Fast forward to 2005, I had a history teacher tell me that the 2A was written in because of the Indians. I couldn't contain myself, explained how I viewed it and he responds, "we all have our opinions"...

Needless to say, he was an Obama supporter.

 

[Big Phil]

This is why I'm seriously considering home schooling my kids, probably till high school.

 

[Younggun]

I will be paying to send my kids to a nearby district. I plan to go in and ask some questions before they are enrolled.

 

[inceptor]

State's rights was quite a large deal when the Constitution was written. It was also what started the Civil War. Not slavery, as presented in revisionist history and believed by many Americans. Unfortunately, the federal government under Lincoln "felt" that The Union was more important than states exercising their rights, so federal troops were (unconstitutionally) sent in to put down those upstart states. The rest is (revisionist) history.....

This was something I never learned in school either. I found it myself.

 

[rsayloriii]

I graduated from public school in '93.
We were taught it was slavery.
I learned ON MY OWN later what it really was about.

That's pretty much the way it is, unfortunately, and it's a damn shame. They also like to forget that slaves were not just black. There were plenty of Chinese, Irish, and pretty much anybody too poor to afford the trip over here. But alas, all we're ingrained with is that it was Africans brought over here to toil in the South and that it was the South's fault for everything. How great the Union Army was, when in reality, the South had a greater leader in Lee and the South was kicking the North's butt for quite some time before the embargo finally took it's toll. Without supplies, not much you can do. Had the South had the supplies that the North did, the outcome of the Civil War could have been quite different.

 

[TX69]

This is why I'm seriously considering home schooling my kids, probably till high school.

I sincerely hope that you take your children and home school them. It is an enormous effort on your part BUT the pay off for your kids and your family will be enormous. God Bless you for trying to protect your family from the libtard machine.

 

[smtimelevi]

I sincerely hope that you take your children and home school them. It is an enormous effort on your part BUT the pay off for your kids and your family will be enormous. God Bless you for trying to protect your family from the libtard machine.

This

I hope that when I have kids they can be brought up right and not have all the public school crap embedded in their heads like I did.

 

[Younggun]

That's pretty much the way it is, unfortunately, and it's a damn shame. They also like to forget that slaves were not just black. There were plenty of Chinese, Irish, and pretty much anybody too poor to afford the trip over here. But alas, all we're ingrained with is that it was Africans brought over here to toil in the South and that it was the South's fault for everything. How great the Union Army was, when in reality, the South had a greater leader in Lee and the South was kicking the North's butt for quite some time before the embargo finally took it's toll. Without supplies, not much you can do. Had the South had the supplies that the North did, the outcome of the Civil War could have been quite different.

I brought up one time that the Irish immigrants in the north typically worked harder hours for no pay because the companies they worked for payed less than they charged them for good and rent. Not to mention they were living in disease ridden cramped warehouses eating food that would not be fed to animals by today's standards. In many cases the slaves in the south had much better living conditions.

Slavery was bad but the north was doing the same thing in a different way.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

Unfortunately I'd say 90% or more of the sheeple believe that the Civil War was only about slavery.

"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ... and unfortunately they're taking us with them.

I'd have to agree with your 90% figure. I recently sent an email to one of the local columnists who had been writing opinion pieces on the gun control legislation that was bouncing around in Congress. He commented on hearing the attitude of some people about an armed revolution and then made the idiot comment that "Hadn't we, over 100 years ago, just had an armed conflict over the right to own human beings?" I informed him of the reality that started that conflict over 150 years ago. Haven't heard back, though.

But that's what scares the Big Government types.....states asserting their state's rights. They don't want states objecting to their Socialist/Marxist ideals of The Government or bringing up the Constitution of the United States. They prefer that we all just be good little Socialist/Marxist robots and not question The Government. Unfortunately, that robot behavior is being taught to our children in the Socialist/Marxist Indoctrination Centers (schools).