NH HCR-6 Public Hearing - part 1

Public Hearing, Feb 5, 2009, NH HCR-6: A resolution affirming States rights based on Jeffersonian principles. Opening testimony of Rep. Dan Itse (Rockingham-9) - Co-sponsor of HCR-6

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News & Politics

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• new hampshire
• liberty
• states rights
• constitution
• freedom
• sovereignty

[itzmarko1]

NEW HAMPSHIRE WE LOVE YOU...

I watched the entire 85 minute video on a different video site through a New Hampshire Blog site. Your State is what it is all about. All these people are heroes in my book. We are looking to you New Hampshire to lead the movement. We need to take back control as States under the 9th & 10th Ammendments. Hopefully more states will stand up as N.H. is doing. Everyone needs to get involverd before it's to late...

[jewpalegay]

yes. but now 25 other states are going along with it. I have never felt more proud to be an american

[generalnuscine]

Ha ha The unfreest of the states doing this. I know I live here and it aint free.

[gsuitter]

Today the NH Legislature voted down this bill. A sad day for the Republic.

[StoneWallD]

Limited public seating full.

[StoneWallD]

All the seats were empty.

[StoneWallD]

yep.

[MiddletownDreamz]

Constitution says everything as it is the highest law of the land and defines our form of government. The founders do not even use the term democracy in either the declaration of independence or the constitution. Now there might be some democratic features such as electing your representatives (to house of reps or senate) but the election of the president is not by popular vote but by the electoral college. Until the 17th amendment senators were appointed by state legislatures to represent state

[KamikazeKoscki]

The architect of our Federal and State Constitutions understood that widespread and deeply rooted prejudices may lead majoritarian institutions to deny fundamental freedoms to unpopular minority groups, and that the most effective remedy for this form of oppression is an independent judiciary charged with the solemn responsibility to interpret and enforce the Constitutional provisions guaranteeing fundamental freedoms and equal protection.

[KamikazeKoscki]

Discharging that obligation is a courts gravest and most important responsibility under our Constitutional form of government. Within our state constitutional scheme, the importance of the courts role as the ultimate arbiter of equal protection in our Constitutional system cannot be overstated.

[KamikazeKoscki]

As Justice Kennard has noted: There is a reason why the words Equal Justice under Law are inscribed above the entrance of the court house of the United State Supreme court. Both the Federal and that State Constitution guarantee to all the equal protection of the laws, and it is the particular responsibility of the judiciary to enforce those guarantees.