Several days ago in Austin, Texas, Governor Rick Perry announced his backing of House Concurrent Resolution 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

Perry made clear his Federalist position with regard to the attempts in Washington to extract more and more control over what are clearly State’s issues.

“I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state,” Gov. Perry said. “That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union.”

Texas is now leading the way in a bold manner in an effort which is still in its infancy, to begin to push forward the fight for Federalism and the rights of individual states to control their own destiny and rise and fall on the decisions they make, irrespective of dictates and demands from the Imperial Federal Government (IFG).

And what did the Republican leaders in the State of Georgia do when they had a similar opportunity to take a stand on the side of Federalism during the recent session of the Georgia General Assembly?

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