Re: obamacare upheld
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:29 pm
Yet again Arizona leads the way in the fight against the federal government encroaching (stomping) on state's rights. It is a tool Arizona could use to stop Obamacare and many other federal actions. I hope they can get it on the ballot, then passed, and start using it ASAP.
Initiative would let voters overrule federal law
Initiative would let voters overrule federal law
PHOENIX -- Voters could get the right to overrule federal laws and mandates under the terms of an initiative filed late Thursday.
The Arizona Constitution already says the federal Constitution "is the supreme law of the land." This measure, if approved in November, it would add language saying that federal document may not be violated by any government -- including the federal government.
More to the point, it would allow Arizonans "to reject any federal action that they determine violates the United States Constitution."
That could occur through a vote of the state House and Senate with consent of the governor.
But that also could occur through a popular vote on a ballot measure, effectively allowing voters to decide which federal laws they feel infringe on Arizona's rights as a sovereign state.