A resolution affirming “the sovereign right of Louisiana to nullify unconstitutional acts of the federal government” has been introduced in the Louisiana state Legislature.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 21 (S.C.R. 21) is sponsored by state Senator Stewart Cathey Jr. (R-Monroe). This resolution begins by expounding on a proper view of the Constitution and its limitations on government power, specifically via the horizontal (between the three branches of government) and vertical (the states vs. the federal government) separation of powers.
The resolution affirms that in drafting the U.S. Constitution, the Founding Fathers established a system with a robust horizontal separation of powers, and that the United States has strayed far from the Constitution in this regard:
WHEREAS, Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution of the United States, respectively, exclusively vest legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the corresponding branches of government; and
WHEREAS, this horizontal separation of powers reflects the understanding the founding fathers derived from both scripture and experience that sinful man could not be trusted to always be virtuous and public-minded; and
WHEREAS, the founding fathers did not want undue power to be combined in any branch of government where, if left unchecked, it could become tyrannical; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States does not permit Congress to delegate or confer any lawmaking power to any other branch of government; and
WHEREAS, no other person, agency, or department of any other branch of the federal government has any lawmaking power under the Constitution of the United States; and …
WHEREAS, any action by the executive or judicial branches that purports to enact law or that is treated as such is a usurpation of power; and
WHEREAS, federal court opinions and executive orders are often erroneously interpreted as law or to have amended the Constitution of the United States …
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