I have often been asked, “Why are you people so hung-up on
State’s Rights?” First, we love this country that our Founding
Fathers gave us and the vast majority of those men, loved State’s
Rights; second, I believe in limited government, that is, a
government where no one person or one group holds absolute power of
over the other person.
Possessing a Biblical worldview, our Founding Fathers understood
that sinful man cannot be trusted with power over his fellow man.
Therefore they gave us a Federal government ric
h in checks and balances. This system of checks and balances was
used to prevent one group from abusing the rights and interests of
another group.
Today most people think of checks and balances in the context of
the Federal government itself (Executive, judicial, and
legislative). Yet the Founding Fathers gave us a major Check and
balance within our system of government ofs the division of
delegated power of the Federal government and all other power
retained by the people of each sovereign states—thus we have State’s
Rights.
In 1798 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote and the
Legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia adopted the famous Kentucky
and Virginia Resolves. In these resolves Jefferson and Madison
clearly demonstrate that it is a function of the people of each
state to force the Federal government to live within the limitations
of the Constitution.
Jefferson and Madison point out that the Federal government
cannot and must not be allowed to be the final judge of its
delegated powers or else Federal tyranny would result. Federal
tyranny!! Now do you understand why I feel so strong about State’s
Rights?
By: Walter D. Kennedy
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