Posts from — February 2009

The following are the results from the 2009 SGA Election:

SGA President: Brandon McNary – 1853 / Steven Altum – 1197
Executive Vice President: Heather Rawson – 2049 / Michael Borella – 989
VPAPA: Sarah Ayache – 1829 / Erin Johnson – 1249

On the question on the “All Access” Fee Increase:
No Votes: 1888 / Yes Votes: 1508

“All Access”… DENIED!

Thanks to all those students who voted “No” on this issue!

Representative Susan Lynn has introduced House Joint Resolution 108, which “urges Congress to recognize Tennessee’s sovereignty under the tenth amendment to the Constitution.” Amen, Susan Lynn.

Several state legislators in other states have also filed similar legislation. The “resolved” section is below:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that we hereby affirm Tennessee’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. We also demand the federal government to halt and reverse its practice of assuming powers and of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a committee of conference and correspondence be appointed by the Speaker of the House and of the Senate, which shall have as its charge to communicate the preceding resolution to the legislatures of the several states, to assure them that this State continues in the same esteem of their friendship and to call for a joint working group between the states to enumerate the abuses of authority by the federal government and to seek repeal of the assumption of powers and the imposed mandates.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of Tennessee’s Congressional delegation.

As MatthewHurtt.com seeks to provide unique stories, viewpoints, and information, I am constantly looking for new material to present to visitors. This post is the first in a series of profiles of State Legislators from the 106th General Assembly. It seemed fitting – in this first of many biographies - to profile Jon Lundberg, who represents the First District.

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The Left is terrifying me with this one: a coordinated effort to eliminate the Electoral College and replace it with a system that would allow the people to directly elect the President of the United States. To understand the Electoral College, we must under stand its origin and its purpose in the Constitution.

The Constitution reads in Article II, Section 1:

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.

The Founding Fathers, guarding against sectionalism and factions, among other things, sought to combine both direct representation of the people and representation of the states. The House of Representatives reflected the will of the People, while the Senate reflected the will of the states. This concept sprang out of the Great Compromise, which established the groundwork for a bicameral legislature.

In an effort to keep this brief…

The Constitution establishes these United States as a republican form of government. No matter how many times people toss around the word “democracy,” this form of government will never be “democratic” in its truest sense.

Bearing that in mind, the same Founding Fathers who outlined this form of government in the Constitution expressed reservations about allowing the uneducated masses the privilege of directly electing their Chief Executive. I, too, have the same reservations.

Briefly. More could be written.