Greater Autonomy for the Lone State State

Texas may take one giant leap towards full sovereignty if some Tea Party Patriots get their way. An effort by the Texas Tea Party affiliates to lobby for a special session of the legislature is spreading like a wildfire across the State. Tea Party leaders based in Houston are calling on Governor Rick Perry to call such a session to block regulations and taxes coming from Washington, specifically on Health Care reform, and Cap & Trade.

From North Houston Tea Party Patriots website:

Texas must act NOW to block these onerous laws BEFORE they take effect.

Ideally we want to have a resolution of Nullification in place BEFORE any legislation is passed – along with an injunction against the collection of associated taxes. For example, if health care passes this year, the IRS will begin collecting taxes to pay for it in January 2010. The sooner we act, the less the damage.

What is NULLIFICATION & WHY is it Important?

When the federal government enacts laws that are beyond the scope of its constitutionally enumerated powers, it takes away our freedoms as states and as individuals, and imposes on us the economic and social consequences. With unconstitutional legislation such as health care “reform” and “cap & trade”, the federal government is attempting to tell Texans what we can and can’t do and charge us for the privilege! Fortunately, the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects us from this very thing and allows a state to “nullify”, or make null and void, any law that the STATE determines is unconstitutional.

Nullification explained in full, plus historical context at North Texas Tea Party Patriots, NotInTexas.org