Ever since the Governor of Texas made his remarks, I wondered where the first shots would be fired in the battle of the 10th Amendment.

I have my answer.

Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma’s sovereignty.

Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor’s approval.

The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate.

“We’re going to get it done one way or the other,” said the resolutions’ author, Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City.

“I think our governor is out of step.”

Imagine that.

House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed, but House Speaker Pro Tempore Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, ruled the veto is not final action.

What a crock.  like Democrats have NEVER tried to override a veto before….sheesh.

Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars.

Of course, gotta suck on the Federal teat.

Key said HCR 1028, which, if passed, would be sent to Democratic President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress, would not jeopardize federal funds but would tell Congress to “get back into their proper constitutional role.” The resolution states the federal government should “cease and desist” mandates that are beyond the scope of its powers.

And it will ignored and denounced then filed and forgotten.

But it’s a beautiful exercises in Federalism.

Key said many federal laws violate the 10th Amendment, which says powers not delegated to the U.S. government “are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” The Constitution lists about 20 duties required of the U.S. government, he said.

If you recall, I predicted that the debater would begin there.

Congress should not be providing bailouts to financial institutions and automakers, he said.

“We give all this money to all these different entities, including automakers, and now they’re talking about, ‘Well maybe it’s better to let them go bankrupt,’” Key said. “Well, maybe we should have let them go bankrupt before we gave them the money.”

And today,  Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. and GMAC LLC  are said to be getting more.

Suck till it goes dry.

Hot Air summarizes this nicely:

The bill does not have any practical legal effect. It serves as a notice to the Obama administration and Congress that the Oklahoma legislature has taken offense at the federal government’s aggrandizement, which to be fair has come at the hands of both parties in DC. They’re specifically objecting to the bailouts planned by the Obama administration and those that came before in the Bush administration, especially since the White House now backs bankruptcy — after throwing away tens of billions of dollars — for bailed-out automakers.

The move leaves Henry twisting in the wind. A recent poll shows Henry to have a high degree of popularity, but that may change if Henry continues to act as a big-government apologist. The same poll showed Henry on the wrong side of another big issue, requiring identification when voting, which is supported by a whopping 82.7% of Oklahomans and opposed by Henry.

Maybe he can get some help from Janet Napolitano. After all, her DHS considers people who promote federalism and adherence to state sovereignty as potential threats to national security. Can a probe into the OK legislature be far behind?.

Good point.  Let’s see how far they are prepared to go.

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