Report documents the steady erosion of constitutional limits on federal power
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN In recent years the size & power of the federal government has grown dramatically at the expense of both the states & individual liberty. Limited government protects our freedom" observed TPPF Senior Fellow Ted Cruz former Solicitor General of the State of Texas and a co-author of the report. The report documents the federal governments dramatic expansion of power.
Our Constitutions Tenth Amendment serves as a critical bulwark to restrain the federal government and today millions of Americans are energized to restore reasonable restraints on government authority taxes and spending" said Cruz upon todays release from the Center for 10th
Amendment Studies at Texas Public Policy Foundation.
The Foundation is working with think tanks and allies across the country to develop an Agenda for State Action" consisting of tools that states can use
to stop federal overreach and restore the U.S. Constitutions limits on government power.
Items in the agenda include:
- An interstate compact for health care reform;
- A constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget;
- Opting out of federal programs and federal funds;
- State lawsuits against the federal government; and
- Congressional legislation to stop federal overreach.
An interstate compact on health care can shield states and individuals from the dangerous consequences of the new federal health care law" said Mario Loyola who was recently named the Centers Director and is also a co-author of the report.
Reciprocal legislation adopted by a large number of States can limit the impact of federal funds that arrive in state budgets with crippling mandates and conditions attached. And the next Congress should act decisively to rein in the unaccountable unelected regulatory state."
The report
Reclaiming the Constitution: Towards an Agenda for State Action" is the 10th Amendment Studies Centers first publication.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin.
