State Sovereignty: State lawmakers fighting federal stimulus...Yahoo Main Page Article

The States don't have to get it-- they already have it from inception. I understand the logic behind the video but if our intention is to ground our selves in legal bindings such as incorporation etc., then by all legality what can be proven to have been done unlawfully in our nation's past is in reality null and void.

The 14th amendment is just ink on paper; it was never truly ratified because the southern states, which Lincoln used as signatories, did not have any representation dually elected by their populace. The fact that they were under militaristic rule with appointed "pro-Lincoln" representatives during reconstruction nullifies any and all amendments made during that time. Like was the case with prohibition, the people in their masses can dictate unto the Federal government the constitutionality of said amendments-- if they can only be educated of the fallacy that has been promoted. Of course that is the key,

Furthermore, if we look at the individual State constitutions before the 14th amendment was ratified (some were forcibly changed under reconstruction) most (if any) did not provide authority for any representative, and most certainly not those whom were appointed by coercion, to yield a State's authority over to a foreign entity (i.e. the Federal government corporation). The state belonged to the people within it, not any body of officials. Who were "THEY" to decide for the people of the states?? We may have allowed this atrocity to carry on thus far, but that does not mean that it has somehow overtime become legal or legitimate. Could I sell you my neighbor's house without his consent? Could I give you the title to the Brooklyn Bridge? Could my representative personally appoint you President of the United States? No. To do such things one must have the authority and the consent of all those involved (in our case the governed). We may have took my neighbor's house from him, I may have sold you the Brooklyn bridge, or my representative may have appointed you President-- however that does not mean that you actually own those things nor hold that position of authority. All is nothing but a facade hiding the fact that you are holding stolen goods and stolen authority. In the instance that someone comes along who has the nerve to question, prove, and prosecute you for your breaking of the law.....you are just waiting to be held accountable. Time does not make your wrongs legitimate nor do they make them permanent.
They have built this so-called "Corporation" on a foundation of sand, given a sizable tremor, we would see it easily crumble.

As stated before the key is educating the populace that we are in charge-- not "THEY". "They" do not have vast expanses of people nor do "THEY" have the will to actually come down to the line and slug it out with the mass populace. "They" have to rely on subjugation through propaganda because their numbers are so few. If the propaganda machine is eroded then so too will their control over the masses.

Nice one!

I agree. The article also seemed to try and give the movement a partisan flair-- though they did mention the one democrat. There are also more than fifteen states but instead of using a higher number they chose to word it as "at least 15".
Any constitutional law professor who advocates differently than the direct instructions of Founders should be stripped of their credentials and blacklisted....not praised or touted.

I posted the article because so many people on this forum have been working hard to get the states to reassert their sovereignty and once again be the entities which made the constitutional compact and agreed to bind the federal government to its designated powers. At first the media made no mention of the movement, but now their starting to look this way. Of course they will dig up any socialist big government so-called professor they can find in order to undermine the movement-- but the writing is on the wall and I think if we keep making a large fuss about it the average American will come to question their so called constitutional theory.