I don’t have any more commentary than Sister Toldjah.  Just go read this.

This is an excellent development in the fight of conservatives to retake the GOP and re-establish it as a truly conservative party.  I have always been a big fan of Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Sen. Inhofe of Oklahoma, and several other Senators (and quite a few Congressmen) who are reliable conservatives even in the wake of the K Street Project, “Compassionate Conservatism,” and the GOP losing its track from the historic 1994 Contract With America takeover of Congress.  You can watch Sen. DeMint’s introductory video on this here.

There are already several of these organizations pushing for true conservative policies; these include groups such as the Club For Growth, the conservative blogosphere, the CATO Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the recently formed Conservatives for the Advancement of the Reagan Coalition (formed by former FredHeads), and many others.

There are also a few of these groups within Congress.  Of course there is the Republican Study Committee in the House, led by rock-solid Rep. Jeb Hensarling (formerly by another great conservative, and Party Leader nominee, Mike Pence, and formerly John Shadegg I believe).  In the Senate, also led by Sen. DeMint, is the Republican Steering Committee.  In recent months a bicameral group, Reagan21, was formed that includes many of the conservative rockstars we gloat about so often on this and many other blogs, which took an early initiative in really pushing hard against earmarking along with the Club for Growth.

This Senate Conservative Fund PAC is another great addition to our roster of citizen advocacy groups, PACs, research institutes, and now even more actual governmental groups pushing for conservative principles in our national government.  Along with the Club for Growth, which recommends stellar economically conservative candidates in primary and general races throughout the country, this provides another mechanism for conservatives to channel money to the right candidates who can help push the Republican Party in the right direction.

H/T Don’t Tread on Mike

Oklahoma passed a resolution reaffirming the state’s rights under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution and informing the Federal government to essentially back off with their unconstitutional power grabs and mandates. Let’s see if they actually stand behind it. We need to start seeing more of this.

This is the text of House Joint Resolution 1089

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1089 By: Key

AS INTRODUCED

<StartFT>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. <EndFT>

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 serve 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.

51-2-9466 <SD> <12/31/07>