Name: Anonymous 2007-10-25 9:55
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/COMMENTARY/110240014/1012
To quote the article:
"In each new Congress since 1995, Rep. John Shadegg, Arizona Republican, has introduced the proposed Enumerated Powers Act (HR 1359). The bill, yet to be enacted into law, reads: "Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. The failure to comply with this section shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress. The availability of this point of order does not affect any other available relief."
Simply put, if enacted, the Enumerated Powers Act would require Congress to specify the basis of authority in the U.S. Constitution for the enactment of laws and other congressional actions, and has 28 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.
When Mr. Shadegg introduced the Enumerated Powers Act, he explained that the Constitution gives the federal government great, but limited, powers. Its Framers granted Congress, as the central mechanism for protecting liberty, specific rather than general powers. The Constitution gives Congress 18 specific enumerated powers, spelled out mostly in Article 1, Section 8. The Framers reinforced that enumeration by the 10th Amendment, which reads: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.""
Contact your representatives and tell them to cosponsor the Enumerated Powers Act (HR 1359).
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01359:
You can do so here:
http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/
What does /newpol/ think of this law? Should congress be forced to point to where in the constitution it grants them the authority to pass every law they pass?
To quote the article:
"In each new Congress since 1995, Rep. John Shadegg, Arizona Republican, has introduced the proposed Enumerated Powers Act (HR 1359). The bill, yet to be enacted into law, reads: "Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. The failure to comply with this section shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress. The availability of this point of order does not affect any other available relief."
Simply put, if enacted, the Enumerated Powers Act would require Congress to specify the basis of authority in the U.S. Constitution for the enactment of laws and other congressional actions, and has 28 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.
When Mr. Shadegg introduced the Enumerated Powers Act, he explained that the Constitution gives the federal government great, but limited, powers. Its Framers granted Congress, as the central mechanism for protecting liberty, specific rather than general powers. The Constitution gives Congress 18 specific enumerated powers, spelled out mostly in Article 1, Section 8. The Framers reinforced that enumeration by the 10th Amendment, which reads: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.""
Contact your representatives and tell them to cosponsor the Enumerated Powers Act (HR 1359).
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01359:
You can do so here:
http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/
What does /newpol/ think of this law? Should congress be forced to point to where in the constitution it grants them the authority to pass every law they pass?