What’s the Difference

wyoming-liberty-bellWe are actively seeking a change to the Wyoming Constitution, not just a useless House Resolution that will only be used  for ”political” gain.

Upcoming Tenth Amendment Joint  Resolution Legislation as follows: “requesting Congress to cease and desist from enacting mandates that are beyond the scope of the enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution of the United States”…This does absolutely nothing!  Click here to see

By design a useless resolution leaves our state constitution un-touched and this will hinder any real “We will not enforce” protections and further legislation would be fruitless against for example, a future reinstatement of the “Clinton Gun Ban” or proposed ”Government Health Care”.

Current Statute:
97-1-037.  Constitution of United States supreme law of land.
The State of Wyoming is an inseparable part of the federal union, and the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.

Wyoming 10A Project - Proposing a change to the Wyoming Constitution:

      FINDINGS. The Wyoming legislature finds that the authority for this Act is the following:
                                
           (1)  the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees                                
to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in                           
the constitution and reserves to the state and the people of Wyoming certain powers as they
were intended at the time that Wyoming was admitted to statehood in 1890; the guaranty of
those powers is a matter of contract between the state and people of Wyoming and the United
States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by
Wyoming and the United States in 1890;
                                                                                       
           (2)  the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees                                
to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserves to the people of Wyoming certain                      
inalienable rights as they were intended at the time that Wyoming was admitted to statehood in 1890;
the guaranty of those inalienable rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Wyoming
and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and                               
adopted by Wyoming and the United States in 1890;
          
           (3)   the Wyoming State Constitution guarantees
All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and
instituted for their peace, safety and happiness; for the advancement of these ends they have at all
times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish the government in such manner
as they may think proper;
                                                                        
           (4)  the regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the                                
Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States on all matters;
 
           (5)  in binding, find it necessary to amend the Wyoming Constitution Article 1 Section 37 
to further assert these findings and reclaim state sovereignty;

 

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming
Constitution Article 1 Section 37 to reclaim state sovereignty.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1. The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article 1, Section 37
is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the next general
election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified
by a majority of the electors at the election:

97-1-037.  Wyoming is a Sovereign State.
The Sovereign State of Wyoming, being a part of the federal union, recognizes the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land within the limits of those powers exclusively delegated to the United States by the Constitution. All other powers, including jurisdiction over intrastate commerce, not prohibited by the Constitution to the states, are reserved to the State of Wyoming, or to its citizens.

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From Guns to Health-Care, Together We Must Protect Our State!

There are some legislators that have stated “this change cannot be made”, If a legislator tells you this please write down exactly how they said it, then email it to us.

How can we claim that it can be done? Because of Article 1 Section 1 of the Wyoming Constitution declares we can.

97-1-001. Power inherent in the people.
All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness; for the advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper.

This section of the Wyoming constitution was inspired from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…

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