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MI HCR0011
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Lee Chatfield
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AI Summary
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Urges the United States Supreme Court to recognize its limited role within the federal system and respect the division of powers between federal and state governments as established by the Constitution.
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Calls on the Supreme Court to acknowledge the Tenth Amendment's protection of state powers and cease what the resolution characterizes as judicial overreach through the Incorporation Doctrine applied to the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Urges the 49 other states to actively defend their sovereignty and resist federal overreach by exercising their retained constitutional powers.
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Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to all Supreme Court Justices, the President, Congress leadership, Michigan's congressional delegation, and all other state legislatures.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to urge the United States Supreme Court to recognize its limited historic role in a federal system and to urge the states to become proactive in defending their sovereignty against federal overreach.
United States Supreme Court
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform
5/19/2015