Florida reacts to Federal overreach, joins 10th Amendment reserved rights effort

On July 1, 2009, Central Florida Representative Scott Plakon (R-37th Dist.) introduced a House memorial addressed to the United States Congress asserting Florida’s sovereignty over matters not expressly granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. The proposed legislative declaration of state rights has already garnered 33 co-sponsors.
The effort to take a stand against the federal encroachment into governmental affairs traditionally managed by the states is rooted on the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which states:
“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.”
While the scope of federal jurisdiction over many subjects, especially in the category of social programs, has been a source of friction throughout the nation’s history, the rapid pace, broad reach and huge cost of recent federal executive and legislative actions, has heightened the concern among state and local officials. As a consequence, resolutions and memorials such as the one proposed by Representative Plakon have been introduced in legislatures all across the nation. In fact, Florida is the 36th state to have one such measure under consideration. Currently, six states have already passed such a resolution. The latest was Alaska. Its resolution was signed by Governor Sarah Palin a few days ago.

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