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Monday, December 06, 2010

Virginia Legislative Proposal Exempts 'All Goods' From Oversight By Feds

A state lawmaker in Virginia is proposing that his state adopt a plan that would exempt products made in the state from the federal government's authority under the Commerce Clause to limit, restrict and regulate.

The plan by Delegate Mark Cole is House Bill 1438, which the Tenth Amendment Center explains is one – large – step beyond what several states already have done in adopting Firearms Freedom Act provisions.

Those plans, which were started in Montana and now have been adopted in seven other states, too, specify that firearms made, sold and kept inside a state's boundaries are not subject to federal rules because those are supposed to apply to commerce "among the states."

Cole's plan specifically expands on that idea.

His plan states, "All goods produced or manufactured, whether commercially or privately, within the boundaries of the Commonwealth that are held, maintained, or retained within the boundaries of the Commonwealth shall not be deemed to have traveled in interstate commerce and shall not be subject to federal law, federal regulation, or the authority of the Congress of the United States under its constitutional power to regulate commerce."                                 

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2 comments:

lmclain said...

Odds are the federal government will sue them for some obscure violation of the federal government's right to intervene and control every aspect of American lives. see: Arizona. But, still commendable!

Anonymous said...

The States have no rights. that was decided in 1845 and then the traitor who took our country into a civil war was murdered to cover up the crimes.