1.10.16 – Texas Gov. Abbott Enforces “10th Amendment” & proposes 9 new ones to keep the Federal Government in check.

Without the consent of any politicians in Washington, D.C., “We the  People” can  reign  in  the  federal  government  and  restore  the  balance  of  power between  the  States  and  the  United  States.   The  Texas  Plan accomplishes  this  by offering nine constitutional amendments:

1. Prohibit Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one State.
2. Require Congress to balance its budget.
3. Prohibit administrative  agencies — and  the  unelected  bureaucrats  that staff them — from creating federal law.
4.  Prohibit administrative  agencies — and  the  unelected  bureaucrats  that  staff them — from preempting state law.
5. Allow a  two – thirds  majority  of the  States  to override  a U.S.  Supreme Court decision.
6. Require  a seven -justice super- majority  vote  for  U.S.  Supreme  Court decisions that invalidate a democratically enacted law.
7. Restore the balance of power between the federal and state governments by  limiting  the  former  to  the  powers  expressly  delegated  to  it  in  the Constitution.
8. Give state officials the power to sue in federal court when federal officials overstep their bounds.
9. Allow  a  two -thirds  majority  of  the  States  to  override  a  federal  law  or regulation.