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03/16/2009: "State attempts to assert sovereignty are being blocked"

A backer of a nonbinding resolution asserting Arkansas' state sovereignty compared the measure to redrawing the lines of a football field to remind people of the boundaries.

But the majority-Democrat committee that considered the measure said the Constitution itself is a good enough guide on its own.

The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs voted down the sovereignty resolution Wednesday, after no Democrats joined forces with Republicans to support the measure. The resolution is one of dozens filed in legislatures nationwide in response to federal programs like No Child Left Behind and the recent $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress.

[ The proposed mandatory civil service (draft) should be another major reason for the interest in asserting sovereignty, and it should be first step towards secession. Many other state legislatures have been trying to assert state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment and are running into partisan oppostion from Democrats. It doesn't look very optimistic. ]

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/030509/loc_0305090001.shtml