Last month, when teabaggers were rampant and the Governor of Texas was threatening to secede, we brought you the story of a movement–with roots in right wing separatism–making its way through conservative states.
That movement has resulted in the Georgia Senate, the South Dakota House, and both chambers of the Oklahoma legislature passing resolutions affirming their sovereignty and affirming their belief that the federal government stands in violation of the Constitution. The Georgia resolution in particular held that if the U.S. Congress were to pass, say, an assault-weapons ban, then “all powers previously delegated to the United States of America by the Constitution for the United States shall revert to the several States individually.” In other words, in the eyes of the Georgia legislature, the union would cease to exist!
The Oklahoma resolution is significantly milder, but the state’s governor Brad Henry vetoed it anyway. That’s not stopping the legislature, though, which is set to override the veto and put Washington on notice.
This doesn’t really change anything in a legal sense, but it’s interesting inasmuch as it tells us whom Oklahoma’s elected officials take their cues from.
