Oklahoma legislature sends powerful 10th Amendment message to Washington, D.C. 
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On June 16, 2008, the Oklahoma legislature passed Joint Resolution 1089 by a 
margin of 92-3. The resolution, published in its entirety below, calls for the 
federal government to, effective immediately, cease and desist imposing 
mandates that supersede its constitutional authority and violate state 
sovereignty under the 10th Amendment.
The following resolution has been distributed among each of the parties listed 
per the resolution.

A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the 
federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; and directing 
distribution.
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as 
follows:
"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."; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being 
that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no 
more; and
WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the 
federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of 
the states; and
WHEREAS, today, in 2008, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the 
federal government; and
WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United 
States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the 
legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now 
pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate 
the Constitution of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE 
OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 51ST OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
THAT the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise 
enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the 
United States.
THAT this serves as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, 
to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope 
of these constitutionally delegated powers.
THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to the President of the United 
States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United 
States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of 
the Senate of each state’s legislature of the United States of America, and 
each member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation. 

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