By Karoun Demirjian
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 | 8:01 p.m.
Man up, Arizona.
Our neighbor to the east is considering a measure to secede from the United States. But only sort of.
Members of the Arizona state Legislature, led by their Senate president, Russell Pearce, have proposed a bill that would allow it to create a 12-member committee that could decide where and when the federal government’s laws apply to them — as in, if Arizona doesn’t feel like cooperating with a particular piece of the law, they can vote to say to Washington: make me.
The law, SB1433, would by its own content require the committee to work within the confines of what is determined to be constitutional, but if the issue at hand is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, it’s fair game.
“The committee may review all existing federal statutes, mandates, and executive orders for the purpose of determining their constitutionality,” the bill reads, stating that the committee “shall recommend, propose, and call for a vote by simple majority to nullify in its entirety” anything that they find objectionable. That kills it for sixty days, in which time the full Legislature has to decide whether it wants to do away with the unwanted law for keeps.
So why would Arizona be doing this now?
Read more at the Las Vegas Sun
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Excellent! Go, Sen. Pearce. That’s why we elected you to office. Keep up the good work.