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> © 1999 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
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> Reading an article in this April's Chronicles magazine, "Cajuns
> Uncaged," made my day.
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> Last October, by nearly a 60 percent majority, Louisianians
> approved Amendment 1 to their state constitution. Amendment 1
> declares: "The people of this state have the sole and exclusive
> right of governing themselves as a free and sovereign state; and
> do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power,
> jurisdiction, and right pertaining thereto, which is not, or may
> not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United
> States in Congress assembled."
>
> Louisiana's amendment would be entirely unnecessary if the White
> House, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court didn't have disdain
> for the U.S. Constitution. What the citizens of Louisiana seek is
> already part of the protections found in our Constitution. The
> Ninth Amendment reads, "The enumeration in the Constitution of
> certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
> others retained by the people." The 10th Amendment reads, "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."
>
> Both the Ninth and 10th Amendments are held in the deepest
> contempt and disrespect by the White House, Congress and the
> Supreme Court. Why? Because these amendments were written to
> protect against consolidation of power by the federal government.
> Dismissal of the Ninth and 10th Amendments allows Congress to
> control our schools, mandate speed limits, and require employment
> and college admissions quotas, as well as other forms of
> Washington tyranny. Today, little states can do nothing without
> Washington's permission. That was not the Framers' vision.
>
> What would Williams do if he were Louisiana governor with such a
> mandate from the people? I would write Congress, stating that
> Louisiana citizens are reclaiming their rights guaranteed by the
> Constitution. Respecting the Constitution and disobeying Congress
> would surely invite retaliation. Congress might threaten to cut
> off Medicaid reimbursements and highway-construction funds if
> Louisiana didn't follow their dictates.
>
> Faced with congressional threats, I would go to the state
> legislature to establish a law enabling the state treasurer to
> establish a federal tax escrow account. All Louisiana citizens
> and businesses with federal tax obligations would be required by
> law to make those payments to Louisiana's federal tax escrow
> account. From that account, Louisiana citizens' federal
> obligations (income, profit and excise taxes) would periodically
> be sent to Washington.
>
> Then I'd send Congress another letter, informing them that if
> they retaliate against Louisiana citizens for obeying the
> Constitution by cutting off, say, $10 billion worth of Medicaid
> reimbursements or highway construction funds, we're simply going
> to reduce by $10 billion our periodic payments of tax obligations
> to Washington.
>
> You say, "Hey, Williams, things could get pretty nasty after
> that!" You're right and Congress might use armed force.
> "Governor" Williams would ask Louisianians just how far they are
> willing to go and what they're willing to sacrifice to protect
> those precious rights the Framers sought to guarantee by our
> Constitution.
>
> You say, "Williams, have you lost your marbles, challenging a
> powerful federal government?" I haven't lost my marbles any more
> than James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and
> others lost theirs. After all, in 1776 -- when our Founders
> handed King George III the Declaration of Independence -- Great
> Britain was the mightiest power on the face of the earth. They
> knew that if they lost they'd be hung as traitors.
>
> Of course, all of this would be irrelevant if Congress, the White
> House and the Supreme Court followed their oaths of office to
> "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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> WorldNetDaily contributor Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin
> Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University
> in Fairfax, Va.
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