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H. J. Res. 62, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States (2 comments ↓)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States.

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Johnny Reb

May 17, 2011, 3:54am (report abuse)

It is time the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT quit demanding states to enforce laws to receive money . They way the federal government has it written now---its bribery. It should be against the law. What congress should also do is out law lobbyst. With the lobbyst--it takes the power of voters away. The politicians is not working for the voter or tax payers--but for the lobbysts.

kjamin

May 20, 2011, 2:54pm (report abuse)

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

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