Connecticut Grassroots
Alliance
Attorney
Deborah G. Stevenson
P.O.
Box 704
Southbury,
CT 06488
Tel:
(860) 354-3590
Cell:
(203) 206-4282
2/17/10
INFORMATION ON
TENTH AMENDMENT LEGISLATION
·
Connecticut
Grassroots Alliance is an affiliation of 28 grassroots organizations from
across Connecticut with members from all political parties.
·
The
Connecticut Grassroots Alliance is asking the Government Administration and
Elections Committee to raise three proposals to reassert the State’s powers and
duties under the Tenth Amendment.
·
Of
the three proposals,
Version
A is a resolution
that urges Congress to exercise only those powers delegated to the
United States by the Constitution;
Version B is a bill that declares that the State of Connecticut
retains sovereignty over all
powers
and duties not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution sets up a
method for the legislature to review federal
laws to determine their legality, and directs
the
legislature
to tell Congress of
the legislature’s findings.
Version C is a bill that is identical to version B but
omits any directive to Congress.
·
This
issue is not about political parties – it crosses all party lines.
·
This
issue is about restoring Constitutional governance and protecting the State
whenever the
federal
government oversteps its bounds, no matter which political party is in power in
Washington.
·
Versions
B and C would set up a method to review the legality
of federal laws adopted by
Congress no matter which party is in power in Washington.
·
The
proposals have the support of many state legislators in both political parties.
·
The
ranking members of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, State
Senator
Michael McLachlan and State
Representative John Hetherington, have formally requested the
Co-Chairs of that Committee, State
Senator Gayle Slossberg and State Representative
James
Spallone to raise the proposals for a public hearing before that committee.
·
The
Committee deadline for raising bills
for a public hearing is Friday, February
19, 2010.
·
The
people of the State of Connecticut will no longer tolerate the adoption of any
unconstitutional laws. The State retains these powers and duties,
and should have a method to use them.
For more information contact:
Attorney Deborah Stevenson, (860) 354-3590, (203) 206-4282
To view the text of the proposals, see www.ctpatriotalliance.com