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Senate adopts Tenth Amendment resolution urging federal restraint
Summary
Senator Petersen introduced SCR 1 asserting concern about federal intrusion on state powers and cited Garcia v. San Antonio; the Senate passed the resolution by a recorded vote of 22-0 with seven absent and sent it to the House.
Senator Petersen introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (SCR 1), a Tenth Amendment resolution expressing concern about what he characterized as federal intrusion into powers reserved to the states. "The council of state governments have been concerned for some time, as have many of the states, about the intrusion of the federal government into rights reserved by the Constitution for the states and for its people," Petersen said, citing court decisions as part of his argument.
On the floor Petersen said the resolution seeks to ask Congress and the president "to stay out of business reserved to the states and to our people" and described the issue as "a problem of regulation and legislative powers usurped by the courts." He referred specifically to the Garcia v. San Antonio matter as an example raised in prior discussion on the floor.
The question was called and the Senate recorded 22 ayes, no nays and seven absent; the resolution passed and was referred to the House for its consideration.
