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Oklahoma declares Sovereignty; Pleads the 10th

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(@ultra-sonic-007)
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No joke.

House Joint Resolution 1089 (PDF)

Oklahoma House of Representatives Roll Call (Voted 92-3-6 in favor.)

Oklahoma Legislature Bill Search (Type in 'HJR1089' for more details)

And to quote the resolution in its entirety;

STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008)
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1089 By: Key

AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution 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; 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, 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 2008, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; 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.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 51ST OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
THAT the State of Oklahoma 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.
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.
THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed 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 and the President of the Senate of each state's
legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation.

And no, this does not mean Oklahoma is seceding from the United States. Consider this a phone call telling the loud, obnoxious neighbor to keep it down (aka, the federal government keeping to its specifically-designated powers and butting out of all other affairs).

If you can't tell, I'm excited by this.

EDIT: And it seems my excitement's a bit unwarranted, given that this was introduced on March 13th in the House, got to the Senate, then was referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 25th where it seems to have stalled and become dormant. Bleh.

 
(@hybrid-project-alpha)
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Is this anything like the Quebec vs Canada thing from like a million years ago?

 
(@chibibecca_1722585688)
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Is this anything like the Quebec vs Canada thing from like a million years ago?

Oklahoma wants french to be their first language? :p

 
 Srol
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The Tenth Amendment used to be my second-favorite amendment!

Man! Oklahoma! Why you even gotta do a thing?

 
(@veckums)
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Oklahoma declares Sovereignty; Pleads the 10th

Every other state:

And no, this does not mean Oklahoma is seceding from the United States.

Every other state:

 
(@full-metal-rayzor_1722585901)
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I don't get it what so bad about OK or is this some inside joke I don't get?

 
(@toby-underwood)
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FMR, you must not live here. Most towns have 3 times the number of churches that they do schools and libraries, teach religion in science class, and generally try to cram the bible so far down your throat you wanna break everything you see that halfway resembles a crucifix.

Let 'em secede, half the Oklahoma population is in Tribes that have already declared sovereignty from their ignorant (m)asses. We'll be your code talkers. And spiritwalkers! Afterall, MY spirit animal is a semi-truck full of rabid farting weasels.

~Tobe

 
(@full-metal-rayzor_1722585901)
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But I thought the area around Tennessee was considered the buckle of the Bible Belt? Anyway, I get it why Vector said what he said though it doesn't sound bad too me, but considering I'm an Bible-believing Christian why would it!

 
(@toby-underwood)
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Oklahoma would be paradise to you then. Someone told me they lowered the teachers wages yet AGAIN, while in a obviously unrelated incident another church is going up.

~Tobe

 
 Srol
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BTW, places seceding and no one caring is nothing new. There's a town in the middle of Vermont that votes every year to secede from Vermont and join New Hampshire, despite the fact that it is quite far removed from the New Hampshire border. Both New Hampshire and Vermont ignore them and continue on their merry way.

Not that this implies friendly relationships between the two states. Not by a long shot. We lost a lot of good men in the Syrup Wars of ought six, and don't get me started on the Ben and Jerry's incident.

 
(@toby-underwood)
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Does this mean you don't want me as a code talker? So I translated one and zero to tonkawa for no-OH GOD MY CODE IS BROKEN!!!1

~Tobe

 
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