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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO | |
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REFRAIN FROM ENACTING OR IMPOSING ANY LAW OR REGULATION THAT | |
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WOULD DIMINISH THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND TO GOVERN | |
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THEMSELVES AS A FREE, SOVEREIGN, AND INDEPENDENT STATE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Trillo, Costa, Brien, Chippendale, and Morgan | |
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Date Introduced: February 15, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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WHEREAS, The Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution |
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guarantee that all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the United States |
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Constitution must be reserved to the individual states, and those rights may never be delegated to |
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the federal government of the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, The Ninth Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "the |
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enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage |
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others retained by the people"; and |
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WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that |
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specifically granted by the United States Constitution and no more. It states, "the powers not |
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delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved |
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to the States respectively, or to the people"; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, the United States Supreme Court ruled in New York v. United |
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States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and |
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regulatory processes of the states; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives hereby affirms that the people of this |
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state have the sole and exclusive right to govern themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent |
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state and any proposals that impede, diminish, or revoke those rights would violate the form of |
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government we have chosen and breach the United States Constitution; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives hereby respectfully requests the |
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President and Congress of the United States to refrain from enacting or imposing any law or |
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regulation that is beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers or that would |
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diminish the rights of the people of Rhode Island to govern themselves as a free, sovereign, and |
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independent state; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the |
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United States, and the Rhode Island Congressional delegation. |
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