According to the most recent Rasmussen Poll, Tuesday, February 02, 2010,
Incumbent Rick Perry's lead over Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has grown a little bigger in the race for this year's Republican gubernatorial nomination in Texas. Tea Party activist Debra Medina also has gained ground, and her gains appear to come at the expense of Hutchison.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely Republican Primary voters in Texas finds Perry leading Hutchison 44% to 29%, with Medina at 16% [Emphasis added].
Medina has gained four points since the previous survey while Hutchison has lost four points. Perry's support is little changed from a month ago.
Thus, Medina’s polling numbers have quadrupled since last Fall. And, the money bomb which is ongoing today to raise campaign funds is approaching $500,000, standing now at $469,094 at 7:48 PM, Central Time.
Have you voted yet with your credit card, for freedom instead of further follies? If not, go here to donate to this momentous campaign to return the reins of government to the people. And, bear in mind, if you live outside of Texas, this is not simply a political race with only local consequences. Debra Medina has pledged to stand strongly against attempts by the federal government to overstep its constitutional bounds, particularly as prescribed by the Tenth Amendment. She advocates using the principles of “nullification” and “interposition” to rein in the federal government.
Medina is not alone in her constitutional pursuits.
Many Americans who want to return the federal government to its constitutional moors are rediscovering the truth that the states are not provinces or political subdivisions of the federal government but are themselves republics and possess sovereignty as acknowledged and confirmed by the Tenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution: "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." Put simply, the states can reassert their sovereignty to rein in a runaway federal government!
While many in the United States may have little understanding about what state sovereignty is, what it means, and how it relates to our form of government under the U.S. Constitution and individual state constitutions, the reality of its existence is all too clear and undeniable.
In 2010, there are many candidates running for state positions whose campaigns stand on the platform of state sovereignty. In fact, some of them have signed a public petition, known as the "Ten-Four Pledge," sponsored by Michael Boldin on his website, called the Tenth Amendment Center. In this Pledge, these candidates promise to uphold and advance the principles of federalism and separation of state and federal powers. Essentially, federalism recognizes a state's sovereign power to resist encroachments upon its own retained powers in the tenth amendment, whether those encroachments come from foreign or domestic governments — even the federal government. To this end, these candidates are willing to take action.
One such candidate is Ray McBerry, who is a candidate running for governor in Georgia. McBerry recognizes that one of the purposes of a governor of a state is to protect the citizens of that state from unlawful and unconstitutional usurpations — yes, even the federal government's usurpations. McBerry's very first issue addressed on his website is this:“Federal Attacks Upon our Liberties. The constitutional Republic given us by our Founding Fathers is in great peril today at the hands of an out-of-control federal government; and our states are now the final guardians of our liberty. It is the privilege and duty of the governor to interpose himself between his people and the enemies of their liberty, even when that threat comes from a federal leviathan. As governor, I will take that stand for the people of Georgia and will invoke the doctrine of interposition on their behalf... Our day requires a governor who will dare to defy the federal bureaucrats and say plainly, "Get the hell out of our business; and leave my people alone." No other candidate for governor will take this stand... I will.”
McBerry and some of those who share the views of federalism, which were once highly and overwhelmingly accepted in the United States, have headed up a summit in Atlanta, starting on February 25-26. It is called the Tenth Amendment Summit. The stated purpose of this summit is to "return to State Sovereignty." To the studied person, returning to State Sovereignty has numerous implications affecting the structure, power, and strength of the federal government. It is no wonder that the Tenth Amendment is becoming a vision of freedom-thinking people.
Among those attending are Judge Andrew Napolitano, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore — and of course Ray McBerry — with McBerry's Georgia First being the host of this event.
The use of the principles of nullification and interposition has been frustrated by the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which appears to give the federal government carte blanche power to do whatever it wishes and the states be damned. However, consider the following caveats regarding the Supremacy Clause.
The Supremacy Clause also requires state legislatures to take into account policies adopted by the federal government. Two issues arise when state action is in apparent conflict with federal law. The first is whether the congressional action falls within the powers granted to Congress. If Congress exceeded its authority, the congressional act is invalid and, despite the Supremacy Clause, has no priority over state action. The second issue is whether Congress intended its policy to supersede state policy. Congress often acts without intent to preempt state policy making or with an intent to preempt state policy on a limited set of issues. Congress may intend state and federal policies to coexist [Emphasis Added].
The underlined section above is precisely the point which is at the root of the Medina and McBerry gubernatorial campaigns.
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