PERRY OFFERS RESOLUTION BEFORE HOUSEPROTECTING 10th AMENDMENTby: jeffperryThu May 28, 2009 at 19:51:07 PM EDT
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( - promoted by Garrett) BOSTON - Today, Representative Jeffrey Davis Perry (R-Sandwich) filed a Resolution before the House of Representatives to protect the Founding Fathers' intent and the Constitutional protections of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states: "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." "The purpose of this Resolution is to clearly affirm to Congress and the President our State's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution and to demand that the federal government halt the practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes which are not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America" said Representative Perry from the State House. As cited by the 10th Amendment Center, "James Madison, during the Constitutional ratification process, drafted the "Virginia Plan" to give Congress general legislative authority and to empower the national judiciary to hear any case that might cause friction among the states, to give the congress a veto over state laws, to empower the national government to use the military against the states, and to eliminate the states' accustomed role in selecting members of Congress. Each one of these proposals was soundly defeated. In fact, Madison made many more attempts to authorize a national veto over state laws, and these were repeatedly defeated as well... The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people to the federal government, and also that which is absolutely necessary to advancing those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution of the United States. The rest is to be handled by the state governments, or locally, by the people themselves. The Constitution does not include a congressional power to override state laws. It does not give the judicial branch unlimited jurisdiction over all matters. It does not provide Congress with the power to legislate over everything. This is verified by the simple fact that attempts to make these principles part of the Constitution were soundly rejected by its signers." The language of the Resolution is as follows: WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being those powers specifically granted to it by the Constitution of the United States and the principle of 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, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be limited in its powers relative to those of the various states; and WHEREAS, Many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and infringe upon Massachusetts' reserve powers and the people's reserved powers; and WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now being considered by the present administration and from Congress do infringe on the States' reserve powers and the people's reserved powers, and may further violate the Constitution of the United States; Therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 this Resolution shall serve as a Notice and Demand to the federal government to maintain the balance of powers where the Constitution of the United States; and it be further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House shall immediately transmit copies of this Resolution to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each state's legislature of the United States of America, and each member of Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "The Tenth Amendment was adopted after the Constitutional ratification process. A primary purpose was to enshrine the fact that the individual states are unique and retain their own sovereignty. The Constitution does not delegate to the federal government an endless supply of power. We must always remember that the purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect freedoms of individuals and the states, not expand the power of the federal government" added Representative Perry. The Resolution was filed today with the House of Representatives Clerk and was cosponsored by Representatives Jones (R-North Reading), Vallee (D-Franklin), Humason (R-Westfield), Webster (R-Pembroke), Evangelidis (R-Holden), Poirier (R- North Attleboro), deMacedo (R-Plymouth), Ross (R-Wrentham), Gifford (R-Wareham), Smola (Three Rivers) and Polito ( Shrewsbury). http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/05/27/10th-amendment-resolution-introduced-in-mass/ |
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PERRY OFFERS RESOLUTION BEFORE HOUSE PROTECTING 10th AMENDMENT
Posted Saturday May 30, 2009 at 9:54 am by Bob Dwyer (district 4)
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Meeting with Rep. Perry
I attended the book signing and got a chance to speak with Rep. Jeff Perry about the tenth amendment resolution that he has sponsored. He suggested that we contact our reps and ask them to co-sponsor and/or at least have them contact the House Rules Committee to request that the resolution be allowed to move out of the Rules Committee. I told Jeff that the MassLPA was aware of this and that we have been lobbying at the statehouse promoting his resolution. He suggested that a consorted effort was required and that it would be best to leave this tabled in committee until fall. I asked if we (MassLPA) could schedule an appointment to meet with him on planning this effort and he said yes. I will be calling his office on Monday to schedule with his aide.
I also told Rep. Perry that we have been lobbying against S-2028 for the past six weeks and he assured me that this bill will die and that it is in fact unconstitutional.
Jeff Perry is an attorney and knows the law.
Interestingly enough was the response I got from Sen. Richard T Moore when I told him that S-2028 violates our constitutional rights, he said “What…. are you an attorney?” This man must be removed from his position as a Massachusetts State Senator for his violation of oath, which he clearly does not respect nor understand.
Kudos to Jeff Perry for standing up for our rights and furthering the cause of Liberty and states rights under the tenth amendment. He is our ally.
I will post the date and time of this meeting on the MassLPA calendar, so please make an effort to attend. If you cannot then please contact his office and give him the thanks that he deserves.
I did purchase his book My GOP and will give a report as soon as I have finished.
Contact info for Rep Jeff Perry
Meeting with Rep Perry re: 10th Amendment Resolution
Hi:
Just wondering if a date has been set yet to meet with Perry on this.
S-2028, 10th Resolution, FreedomFest July 11, COS June 16
S-2028, 10th Resolution, FreedomFest July 11, COS June 16
www.MassLPA.org
www.CommitteesOfSafety.org
www.MassCops.com
www.Oath-Keepers.blogspot.com
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FYI re: Subject Matter Herein:
By virtue of the recent past and ongoing activity of MassLPA member's at the State House, MassLPA has become the number one boots-on-the-ground citizen's group promoting liberty and freedom at the Massachusetts State House. A state legislator has directly relayed that we are being talked about. MassLPA is a young, growing organization and needs to commended and supported for their good works.
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S-2028: Pandemic scare bill
People who have personally lobbied their own legislators with our help are familiar with the written info package they and we delivered to legislators. The package was layed out and designed in a way that can be most useful to both legislators and their constituents. The primary focus and goal is to give proof and power to stand as righteous immoveable objects on the peoples essential, inalienable, natural rights; stand on official's requirement to honor their oath of office; and never waiver, no matter how a legislator or others try to move the focus to potential public health dangers or any other potential emergency. Any law or court decision that allows violations of inalienable rights under any circumstances whatsoever is un-constitutional, tyrannical, and a usurpation of power.
Packege includes, but not limited to: (so there is no question)
1. that during the emergency situations of 1770's and 1780's people's representatives fought to assert and maintain rights, not violate and ignore the people's rights
2. definitions of inalienable, unalienable, right, oath, unlawful, due process, ...
3. Original source docs confirming and asserting definitions and rights: 1856 Bouvier's, 1828 Webster's, 1st Continental Congress Resolution, unanimous Declaration, Articles of Confederation, Mass. Constitution, U.S. Constitution Preamble, Bill of Rights Preamble, Bill of Rights
4. requirements of oath of office and repercussions for violations
5. line-by-line analysis of the bill
6. MassCops.com blog posts re the bill
7. Oath-Keepers declaration of 10 unlawful orders they will not obey (9 out of 10 would apply to the bill)
By using words in the bill like detain, isolate, quarantine, confiscate, destroy; by not defining in the bill conditions considered dangerous to public health; the general knowledge that some public health officials consider lawful firearms ownership dangerous to the public health; therefoer, this bill could be considered the ultimate, sneakiest gun confiscation/detention camp/forced treatment bill yet.
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S-2028, 10th Resolution, and FreedomFest Action Plans
RE: mass citizen follow-up needed re S-2028 and state sovereignty resolution
FROM: our State House citizen-lobbyists
TO: concerned citizens
NOTE FYI: All members of House Ways and Means, all Reps of people who made personal trips to the State House, and several other key Reps have received our info package titled "NO on S-2028", the Pandemic Prep bill, so most of the 160 Reps have our literature. If your Rep hasn't received our package, let Bob Dwyer (508-930-5530) know, and I'll see that it gets hand-delivered. Also, about 2 weeks ago we started concurrently lobbying for the 10th Amendment / State Sovereignty House Resolution sponsored by Rep. Perry (R-Sandwich). The resolution is now in the House Rules Committee.
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TO DO:
Contact your State Rep (by fax, email, or phone), re:
1. Tell your rep/ rep's office that you want S-2028 to die in committee (Ways and Means), and why (dozens of un-constitutional sections, etc.)
2. Tell your Rep you request: that he/she contact Rep. Perry and co-sponsor the 10th Resolution, and that he/she contact Rules, for purpose: get the Resolution out of committee.
Contact your State Senator (...... re:
3. Request he/she sponsor/co-sponsor a Senate Resolution to match the House. Mention Senator Hedlund is already interested.
Contact your police chief/commissioner:
4. Invite them to attend Mass. FreedomFest July 11 and encourage them to become Oath-Keepers
Finally,
5. Attend Mass. Committees of Safety meeting June 16 and MassLPA FreedomFest July 11.
6. Download and collect signatures on the Committees of Safety petition to support state legislation revitalizing the powers of the sword and the purse.
7. Contact Bob Dwyer to arrange your accompanied personal visit to your legislator's offices
www.MassLPA.org
www.CommitteesOfSafety.org
www.MassCops.com
www.Oath-Keepers.blogspot.com
Letter to State Rep: example
To: Representative John Quinn
I want S-2028 to die in Committee (Ways and Means), the constitutional violations in this legislation are far reaching and unworkable. Please contact these Committee members and tell them to let it die.
Also please contact Rep. Jeffrey Perry (Sandwich) to tell him that you co-sponsor the 10th Amendment Resolution, and contact the House Rules Committee to move the Resolution forward out of Committee.
Thank You
Sincerely
Robert W Dwyer
496 Reed Rd
Dartmouth, MA 02747
508-930-5530
MassLPA.org
House Rules Committee
Currently, the Resolution is in the House Rules Committee. The aide to the Committee said that if we want action on this bill, we must get as many co-sponsors as possible and send as many emails, letters and phone calls to the Committee as possible. Here is the contact information for the Committee:
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES
Room 166
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-2692
Here are the Members:
John Binienda of Worcester (Chair)
Cory Atkins of Concord (Vice-Chair)
Byron Rushing of Boston
Gloria Fox of Boston
Thomas Petrolati of Ludlow
A. Stephen Tobin of Quincy
Ronald Mariano of Quincy
Timothy Toomey of Cambridge
James Vallee of Franklin
David Nangle of Lowell
Garrett Bradley of Hingham
Patricia Haddad of Somerset
Paul Frost of Auburn
Bradley Jones of North Reading
Daniel Webster of Pembroke
This is where I found this info (includes email links).: http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/h33.htm
If you support the Tenth Amendment Sovereignty Resolution, this is what you can do:
1. Contact your representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor the resolution.
2. Call the House Rules Committee and ask it to consider the Resolution.
3. Contact the members of the Committee, especially the Chair and Vice-Chair, and voice your support for the Resolution.
Kudos to Jeff Perry
The following link is a hub for discussion on the tenth ammendment resolution for Massachusetts with links to all the other states that have introduced similar resolutions. http://statesstandmassachusetts.ning.com/
We will be meeting with Jeff Perry this week to show our support as we continue to lobby against S-2028. Our resources our slim, so we need to capitalize on the few activists that we have right now. We will try and kill two birds with one stone as we will also be searching out state reps to support and co-sponsor this resolution. The core group of activists within the MassLPA consist of 5 passionate lobbyists... Susan Allen, Laura Creedon, Dan McGonigle, James Boggie and Bob Dwyer. Needless to say, we need more.
There are only a few weeks left before the state legislature closes down for the summer vacation. If you have not come to the statehouse to lobby against S-2028 nor called, emailed or met with your state rep in their district office on Fridays, then you are derelict in your duty to uphold, protect and defend our constitutional protections.
Shame on you!!!!!
"Unboil the frog'
It's about time.
This is GREAT NEWS!!! Now we need to rally up the troops and make sure the needed co-sponsors realize how important this is to us. Members of Perry's district should also remember to show their appreciation with a thank you email or call too. We're always quick to beat-up on legislators when they screw up, but not always quick in thanking them for a job well done.
The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance!