URGENT: The Utah Senate passed SB 57, the Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act, by a 22-7 vote. The bill now goes to the House for consideration. Contact your state representative, and urge him or her to support this important bill!
Members of the Utah Legislature are seeking to enact legislation to nullify unconstitutional federal government policies.
Senate Bill 57 (SB 57), titled the Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act, is sponsored by Senator Scott Sandall (R-Tremonton).
If enacted, SB 57 would create a formal process for nullifying unconstitutional congressional laws, presidential executive orders, and federal administrative regulations. Under this process, if the Legislature finds a bill to “[violate] the principles of state sovereignty” as protected by the U.S. Constitution, it would, under the bill’s provisions, pass a concurrent resolution prohibiting state and local officials “from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of a federal directive within the state.”
If enacted, SB 57 would be major steps toward nullifying unconstitutional federal actions and preventing Americans’ liberties from being infringed. The bill is firmly grounded in the text of the U.S. Constitution. In particular, Article VI states, “[t]his Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof … shall be the supreme Law of the Land.” Additionally, the 10th Amendment makes clear that all powers not granted by the Constitution to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people.
Accordingly, any federal action that violates or contradicts the Constitution cannot be “made in Pursuance thereof” and, thus, is not “the supreme Law of the Land.” Unfortunately, in the last several decades, thousands of unconstitutional laws on the federal, state, and even local levels have been created and enforced.
SB 57 follows and enforces both of these important constitutional provisions (Article VI and the 10th Amendment) by nullifying unconstitutional federal actions and by restoring state sovereignty. Additionally, exercising these powers is more important now than ever, considering the extent to which the federal government has overreached. If our leaders adhered consistently to the Constitution, more than 80 percent of the federal government would be declared unconstitutional.
Urge your state representative and senator to support the Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act (SB 57) and any other effort to properly enforce the Constitution and nullify federal overreach.
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