This is one of THE MOST IMPORTANT bills before the 113rd General Assembly.
In my 36 years at the capitol I have NEVER heard a presentation like this. This bill was 'red flagged' by the Governor's office, meaning that it should not pass. You MUST watch this beautiful, impressive, historical presentation. Bernadette Pager gave a three-minute support presentation. Then you will get to see Valerie Yancey from the Governor's office as she is called on to OPPOSE HB726. PRICELESS!! Then comes the vote!! Please go HERE, then when you see this:
Click onVIDEO, then on that page, in the bottom left click on the bill number HB0726 and ENJOY!!
BILL FOR THE LIFE OF OUR CONSTITUTION?
SB 1092 by *Bowling - HB 0726 by *Hulsey , FRITTS, REEDY, CRAWFORD, BARRETT, BULSO, DOGGETT, HURT, LAFFERTY,Moody, Keisling, Butler, Davis General Assembly - As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order
Horowitz: Tennessee lawmaker introduces the single most important bill for the life of our Constitution What happens when the federal government promulgates a blatantly unconstitutional and life-altering regulation on our life, liberty, and property that no reasonable person can believe is within the confines of the constitutionally enumerated powers? What happens if a federal court invents a right out of whole cloth, such as mandating gay marriage upon the states two years after conceding it’s a state issue? Are we completely at the mercy of that edict and forced to embark on the impossible task of amending the Constitution, the government or the court just illegally amended? Hell no. And a Tennessee representative is leading the charge with a new bill that will restore the constitutional balance of power once and for all.
The federal government is only supreme over state laws if its laws are “in pursuance” of the Constitution. If we allow the federal government’s actions to be supreme – not just in a gray area of dispute, but when they are unambiguously unconstitutional – then we quite literally have no Constitution. If the federal courts are the final arbiters of the Constitution, then again, we have no separation of powers to speak of. This is the era we are living through today, and if there is ever any hope of restoring the Constitution, we must follow our founders, who believed that the Constitution rests in the whole of the people.
STATUS: SB1092 is in Senate State and Local Government on Tuesday. HB726 is in House State Government Committee on Wednesday.
It MUST be voted out of the Senate Committee on Tuesday to be heard in the House Committee on Wednesday and continue to move.
Tennesee Constitution, ARTICLE X: Section 2. Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall before they proceed to business take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of this state, and of the United States and also the following oath: I______ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that as a member of this General Assembly, I will, in all appointments, vote without favor, affection, partiality, or prejudice; and that I will not propose or assent to any bill, vote or resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the people, or consent to any act or thing, whatever, that shall have a tendency to lessen or abridge their rights and privileges, as declared by the Constitution of this state.
PLEASE CONTACT EACH LEGISLATOR AND URGE HIM/HER TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND TO SIGN ON AS A CO-SPONSOR.
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