As soon as I spied the name "Skip Stam" I knew we were in trouble........
Diane,
Good to meet you and to work with brian, john and mattie. We have many issues in common. But I can’t work WITH you so long as you are advocating the nullification doctrine. I think that is an unconstitutional remedy for unconstitutional actions and, if taken seriously, would conflict with the oath of office that nc public officials take. I am all for legislation that counters unwise federal law- eg. Hb 2 last year. But others that suggest that state officials arrest federal agents, as some bills did last year inspired by nullification theory, are beyond the pale. I hope that you will continue to study the issue.
Rep. Paul Stam
House Majority Leader
2301 Legislative Building, 16 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Tel: 919-733-2962 Email: paul.stam@ncleg.net
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Paul “Skip” Stam is poised to take control of the House next January. Another polished Republican who is more concerned with Washington than North Carolina and our rights as outlined in the Constitution in Article IV, Section 4:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
and the 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
For additional information concerning nullification, read Diane’s article: NULLIFICATION and THE MYTHS.
There is no doubt that a House controlled by Skip Stam will be a House controlled by the Federal government and its mandates, with no regard for the rights of the people of North Carolina.
David DeGerolamo
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And the proper response from Hans: Heh:):)
Nullification was proposed by wiser men than Skip Stam. Nullification may be construed to violate the oath of office, but the support for unconstitutional laws has already caused elected officials to be in violation of that same oath.
Nullification challenges and rebuffs FedGov usurpations beyond the scope of authority outlined in the Constitution. Nullification is a half-measure, a necessary transition to the full and proper statement of non-compliance.
Perhaps Mr Stam is uncomfortable with half-measures and is ready to update the following declaration at the next session of the NC Legislature:
AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of North Carolina and the other States united with her, under the compact of government entitled “The Constitution of the United States.”
We, the people of the State of North Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by the State of North Carolina in the convention of 1789, whereby the Constitution of the United States was ratified and adopted, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly ratifying and adopting amendments to the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, rescinded, and abrogated.
We do further declare and ordain, That the union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States, under the title of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of North Carolina is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Done in convention at the city of Raleigh, this the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1861, and in the eighty-fifth year of the independence of said State.
If Mr Stam cannot embrace the spirit of Liberty and the philosophy of our founding, then perhaps it is time that WE THE PEOPLE of North Carolina, as the body politic upon this soil, stand and exercise our sovereign right to re-constitute the government of North Carolina to one more likely to safeguard our Liberty.
Nullification was proposed by wiser men than Skip Stam. Nullification may be construed to violate the oath of office, but the support for unconstitutional laws has already caused elected officials to be in violation of that same oath.
Nullification challenges and rebuffs FedGov usurpations beyond the scope of authority outlined in the Constitution. Nullification is a half-measure, a necessary transition to the full and proper statement of non-compliance.
Perhaps Mr Stam is uncomfortable with half-measures and is ready to update the following declaration at the next session of the NC Legislature:
AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of North Carolina and the other States united with her, under the compact of government entitled “The Constitution of the United States.”
We, the people of the State of North Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by the State of North Carolina in the convention of 1789, whereby the Constitution of the United States was ratified and adopted, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly ratifying and adopting amendments to the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, rescinded, and abrogated.
We do further declare and ordain, That the union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States, under the title of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of North Carolina is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Done in convention at the city of Raleigh, this the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1861, and in the eighty-fifth year of the independence of said State.
If Mr Stam cannot embrace the spirit of Liberty and the philosophy of our founding, then perhaps it is time that WE THE PEOPLE of North Carolina, as the body politic upon this soil, stand and exercise our sovereign right to re-constitute the government of North Carolina to one more likely to safeguard our Liberty.