HCR 1004 Summary

• House concurrent resolution affirming the constitutional division of authority between the federal government and individual states as established in the U.S. Constitution

• Emphasizes the Tenth Amendment reservation of powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people, and references the Ninth Amendment protection of unenumerated rights

• Cites historical founding documents and figures including James Madison's Federalist No. 45, Thomas Jefferson's writings on constitutional limitations, Richard Henry Lee, and Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story to support federalism principles

• Arkansas renews its commitment to the unalienable rights of its citizens and the constitutional civil authority reserved to the State of Arkansas