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Will America Fall Without a Fight?

It’s one thing, Alex, for a state legislature and a Governor to sign a piece of paper saying that we stand on our tenth amendment and we are a sovereign state.

Adam Murdock, MD, founder of the Freemen Institute, begins his essay. “ The recent passage of the so-called ‘health care reform’ bill signals the demise of the U.S. Constitution and the end of our healthcare freedom. Yet, we have heard nothing more than a whimper from the American people. Most don’t seem to care or if they do care, they do not care enough to do anything about it. Many have resigned to this fate, perceiving it as inevitable. ” Along the way he provides two stunningly on-point quotes. “ In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. - Mark Twain, 1904 ” And this, from Judge Napolitano “ It’s one thing, Alex, for a state legislature and a Governor to sign a piece of paper saying that we stand on our tenth amendment and we are a sovereign state. It would be quite another for a state legislator to enact legislation that did the following: Prohibit state employees from enforcing federal law, indict federal officials who come into the state with the intention of enforcing federal law that conflicts with state law, impose a real estate tax on federal property within the state -  now I know that that has been unlawful for the past two hundred years but suffice it to say we have a different supreme court now that might look at this differently - drag before county and state grand juries federal officers who insist on enforcing federal law that is unconstitutional within the states. The states really have to stand up for their sovereignty. They have to do more than say we are a sovereign state. There has to be teeth to their proclamation of sovereignty. - Judge Napolitano on the Alex Jones radio program (03/25/2010):  ”