The Texas administration said that the "Texas Plan to Restore the Rule of Law" includes constitutional amendments to prohibit Congress from regulating any activity "wholly produced within a state," a category that could include the use of weapons And marriage.
The amendments would also include measures to develop a balanced budget of the United States and would allow states to override federal laws or decisions of the US Supreme Court if two-thirds of the entities disagree.
The plan to deliver a speech Friday in Austin to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative organization dedicated to promoting and defending freedom, personal responsibility and free enterprise.
The governor explained that the plan would curb the excesses of …show more content…
"The cure for these problems will not come from Washington D.C.", "Instead, states should lead the way," he said in summoning the other entities of the country to a Convention of States "to correct the cracks of our Constitution."
Amendments to the Constitution proposed by the governor would include the vote of a majority of seven judges of the Supreme Court of Justice to invalidate any law passed by state or federal lawmakers.
The amendments would also prohibit federal agencies, "run by unelected bureaucrats", from creating or formulating federal laws and overruling or invalidating state laws.
One of the amendments would be aimed at restoring the balance of power between the federal and state governments, limiting the former to the powers expressly delegated in the Constitution.
Another amendment would allow state officials to file lawsuits in federal court when federal officials exceed their limits and one more would allow a two-thirds majority of states to override federal law or regulation.
Will ask the State Legislature when it meets in past years to approve Texas' participation in the constitutional convention, something that would also have to be approved by the other state legislatures so that it can actually take
The amendments would also include measures to develop a balanced budget of the United States and would allow states to override federal laws or decisions of the US Supreme Court if two-thirds of the entities disagree.
The plan to deliver a speech Friday in Austin to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative organization dedicated to promoting and defending freedom, personal responsibility and free enterprise.
The governor explained that the plan would curb the excesses of …show more content…
"The cure for these problems will not come from Washington D.C.", "Instead, states should lead the way," he said in summoning the other entities of the country to a Convention of States "to correct the cracks of our Constitution."
Amendments to the Constitution proposed by the governor would include the vote of a majority of seven judges of the Supreme Court of Justice to invalidate any law passed by state or federal lawmakers.
The amendments would also prohibit federal agencies, "run by unelected bureaucrats", from creating or formulating federal laws and overruling or invalidating state laws.
One of the amendments would be aimed at restoring the balance of power between the federal and state governments, limiting the former to the powers expressly delegated in the Constitution.
Another amendment would allow state officials to file lawsuits in federal court when federal officials exceed their limits and one more would allow a two-thirds majority of states to override federal law or regulation.
Will ask the State Legislature when it meets in past years to approve Texas' participation in the constitutional convention, something that would also have to be approved by the other state legislatures so that it can actually take