Michigan House Bill 5232 asserting 10th Amendment authority

jody

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Fri Aug-14-09 08:13 PM
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Michigan House Bill 5232 asserting 10th Amendment authority

House Bill 5232 (2009)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 2. The legislature finds all of the following:

(a) Amendment X of the constitution of the United States guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the constitution and reserves to the state and people of Michigan certain powers as they were understood at the time that Michigan was admitted to statehood on January 26, 1837. The guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the state and people of Michigan and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Michigan and the United States.

(b) Amendment IX of the constitution of the United States guarantees to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserves to the people of Michigan certain rights, as they were understood at the time that Michigan was admitted to statehood. The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Michigan and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Michigan and the United States.

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atreides1

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Fri Aug-14-09 08:21 PM
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1. Because the 10th Amendment has worked so well in the past

The US Constitution is a great document, unfortunately Amendment 10 was already been shown to be pretty useless during a small altercation called the American Civil War.

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jody

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Fri Aug-14-09 08:34 PM
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2. The issue of state authority v. nationalism was a major issue during debates over the Constitution.

Hamilton and his group of Federalists pushed for a strong central government while anti-Federalists wanted a weak central government.

Hamilton wanted a government that would save the masses from themselves and said, "All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people ... turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the Government ... Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy."

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