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Restoring the balance between the states and the federal government.(Inside Track)(Brief article)

The New American

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In less than two months, an exciting new movement has captured the imagination of freedom-minded Americans all across our nation. This movement, often referred to as the "State Sovereignty Movement," is more properly referred to as the "Tenth Amendment Movement" because it is not a movement to affirm the absolute freedom and independence of each state, but instead a movement to restore the balance of power between the states and the federal government within the union in accordance with the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution.

Resolutions to restore the balance of power between the states and the federal government have already been introduced in at least 14 state legislatures. Most of them are phrased almost identically to the resolution already passed in the Oklahoma House. After a series of "whereas" clauses, nearly all of them ...

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