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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the
3 United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to
4 the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
5 the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
6 people."; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment was ratified on December 15,
8 1791 as part of the original Bill of Rights; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment makes a declaration of the
10 relationship between the federal government and the states; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment defines the total scope of
12 federal power as being that specifically delegated by the
13 United States Constitution and honors the powers of the
14 individual 50 states; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 the State of Illinois hereby claims the rights afforded to it
18 under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United
19 States; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 delivered to the President of the United States.