Welcome to Call to Decision
Sovereignty Alert!
Here is the reply that I got from one of the
co-sponsors of the House State Sovereignty Resolution HCR 49, attached
and below is the contact information for the Rules Committee members,
following that is a copy of the Resolution, and a copy of the short
email that I sent to the Rules Committee Chairman.
Phil
As Edmund Burke said, All that is needed for evil
to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
We are seeing Posse Comitatus, and Habeas Corpus
flushed down the drain, the looting of the country, and “We Are All
Socialists Now” not only the front page of Newsweek, but being calmly
accepted by a large portion of the population.
The US Constitution that Bush called “A G.. D….
piece of paper” is in peril as are you, your children, and your
grandchildren.
FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF WV, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAIRMAN, RICHARD THOMPSON
Dear Delegate Azinger,
I am pleased to see that you co-sponsored hcr 49.
Can you tell anything on the status on the resolution? I can't seem to
find anything other than a copy of the text on the state website.
Sincerely,
Phil Hudok
It
is the house rules committee. I
am not too hopeful but I’ll do all I can. tom az
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House
of Delegates
House Rules Committee
Committee Members
Speaker Thompson - Chair
Richard Thompson
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3210
Business Phone: (304) 522-8699
E-mail: Speaker.Thompson@verizon.net
Brent Boggs
Majority Leader (D - Braxton)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3220
Business Phone: (304) 364-8411
E-mail: Boggs34@aol.com
Mike Caputo
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3249
Business Phone: (304) 363-7500
E-mail: caputo@mail.wvnet.edu
Ron Fragale
Speaker Pro Tempore (D - Harrison)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3114
Business Phone: (304) 622-3609
E-mail: rfragale@mail.wvnet.edu
Barbara Hatfield
(D - Kanawha)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3140
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: hatfield@mail.wvnet.edu
Charlene Marshall
House Chaplain (D - Monongalia)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3900
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: chmarsh@mail.wvnet.edu
Jim Morgan
(D - Cabell)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3192
Business Phone: (304) 523-6120
E-mail: delegatejim@aol.com
Brady Paxton
(D - Putnam)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3337
Business Phone: (304) 340-3337
E-mail: bpaxton@mail.wvnet.edu
Mary M. Poling
(D - Barbour)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3265
Business Phone: (304) 457-2206
E-mail: marypoli@mail.wvnet.edu
Joe Talbott
(D - Webster)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3116
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: jtalbott@mail.wvnet.edu
Scott Varner
(D - Marshall)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3187
Business Phone: (304) 843-4400
E-mail: svarner@mail.wvnet.edu
Carrie Webster
(D - Kanawha)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3252
Business Phone: (304) 345-0346
E-mail: cwebste1@mail.wvnet.edu
Harry Keith White
(D - Mingo)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3230
Business Phone: (304) 664-3535
E-mail: hkwhite@mail.wvnet.edu
William Anderson
(R - Wood)
Capitol Phone:
(304)
340-3168
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: eanders1@mail.wvnet.ed
Tim Armstead
Minority Leader (R - Kanawha)
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3240
Business Phone: (304) 357-3839
E-mail: tarmste1@mail.wvnet.edu
Larry Border
Minority Whip (R - Wood)
Capitol Phone:
(304)
340-3136
Business Phone:
(304)
485-5428
E-mail: bordel@mail.wvnet.edu
Mitch Carmichael
(R - Jackson)
Capitol Phone:
(304)
340-3115
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: mcarmich@mail.wvnet.edu
John Overington
(R - Berkeley)
Capitol Phone:
(304)
340-3148
Business Phone:
(304)
274-1791
E-mail: john@overington.co
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 49
(By Delegates J. Miller, Andes, Armstead, Azinger,
Blair, Carmichael, Cowles, Lane, Overington,
Porter and Walters)
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed; and directing distribution.
Whereas, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
reads as follows: "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"; and
Whereas, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as
being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States
and no more; and
Whereas, Federalism is the constitutional division of powers between the
national and state governments and is widely regarded as one of
America's most valuable contributions to political science; and
Whereas, James Madison, "The father of the Constitution,"
said, "The powers delegated to the federal government are few and
defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous
and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external
objects, [such] as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce. The
powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects
which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties
and properties of the people"; and
Whereas, Thomas Jefferson emphasized that the states are not
"subordinate" to the national government, but rather the two
are "coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole. The
one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same
government"; and
Whereas, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that
the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an
agent of the states; and
Whereas, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents
of the federal government; and
Whereas, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United
States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now
have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp;
and
Whereas, Article IV, Section 4 provides, "The United States shall
guarantee to every state in this union a Republican Form of
Government", and the Ninth Amendment states that "The
enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"; and
Whereas, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United
States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer
the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
Whereas, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some
now pending from the present administration and from Congress may
further violate the Constitution of the United States; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the State of West Virginia hereby claims sovereignty under the
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers
not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the
Constitution of the United States; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this serve as Notice and Demand to the
federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective
immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these
constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it
Further Resolved, That all compulsory federal legislation which
directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or
sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding
be prohibited or repealed; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the President of the
United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of
the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of
Delegates and the President of the Senate of each state Legislature of
the United States, United States Senators Robert C. Byrd and John D.
Rockefeller IV, Representatives Nick J. Rahall, Alan B. Mollohan and
Shelley M. Capito.
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Dear Speaker Richard Thompson, (Rules Committee
Chairman)
I am extremely worried about the fate of our
republic.
We are seeing Posse Comitatus, and Habeas Corpus
flushed down the drain, the looting of the country, and “We Are All
Socialists Now” not only the front page of Newsweek, but being calmly
accepted by a large portion of the population.
The US Constitution that Bush called “A G.. D….
piece of paper” is in peril as are you, your children, and your
grandchildren.
I would like nothing more than to see HCR 49, the
sovereignty resolution get out of committee and be voted on by all the
delegates.
I will work as hard as I can and will support those
that do likewise.
I believe that you will see there are many
dedicated, industrious, and like-minded individuals.
I thank you for your time and trust that you will
do the right thing.
Most Sincerely,
Phillip Hudok
Rt 1 Box 11
Huttonsville WV 26273 H 304-335-2826
W 304-924-5525 (Science Teacher-Pickens School)