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Are you a “Tenther?”
No, that’s not someone who lives in a tent to remain off the grid -- although that may be something we Tenthers will soon consider. No, “the Tenthers are the ones who keep citing the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution every time there is a proposed bill they don’t like, claiming the Constitution prohibits it,” as liberal commentator Alan Colmes explains on his Web site.
Well, get ready, because if the health insurance reform legislation now under consideration in the Senate passes, the Tenth Amendment could be all that stands between Americans and the road...
Taking the Tenth
#1) For five days prior to Hurricane Katrina, Bush tried to get permission from the former governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, to send in federal disaster and relief officials. After landfall, he tried for another 2 days. It wasn't until 48 hours after the levees broke that Blanco signed the order allowing in FEMA and others.
Bush could not override Blanco's obstinacy because of the 10th Amendment and the Posse Comitatus Act, which is a Reconstruction-era doctrine.
#2) When the Stimulus package was passed, several Governors declined to accept all of the funds.
Obama and Congress were unable to force them to accept it...