Thoughts on the Internal Police Power
May 17, 2016 4:04:26 GMT -5
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Thoughts on the Internal Police Power
Rodney Dodsworth, May 17, 2016
At least two historic American statesmen attempted to insert the guarantee of internal police power to the states in both the Constitution and Articles of Confederation. Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman to the Federal Convention tried several times to prevent federal interference with any state’s “Internal Police.” On his final attempt, the motion failed bigtime by an 8-3 vote.
What is Internal Police, why was its retention by the states not made explicit at the convention, and what effect could such a clause have had on American governance two hundred years later?
Under Internal Police, a government has the power to make laws necessary for the health, morals, and welfare of the populace. It includes power to protect the rights of citizens from abuse by other citizens. In the revolutionary era, there was no question the states had this power. Rhode Island for instance, after declaring independence on May 4th 1776, instructed its Continental Congress delegates to promote establishment of a confederacy that secured its Internal Police.
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Rodney Dodsworth, May 17, 2016
At least two historic American statesmen attempted to insert the guarantee of internal police power to the states in both the Constitution and Articles of Confederation. Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman to the Federal Convention tried several times to prevent federal interference with any state’s “Internal Police.” On his final attempt, the motion failed bigtime by an 8-3 vote.
What is Internal Police, why was its retention by the states not made explicit at the convention, and what effect could such a clause have had on American governance two hundred years later?
Under Internal Police, a government has the power to make laws necessary for the health, morals, and welfare of the populace. It includes power to protect the rights of citizens from abuse by other citizens. In the revolutionary era, there was no question the states had this power. Rhode Island for instance, after declaring independence on May 4th 1776, instructed its Continental Congress delegates to promote establishment of a confederacy that secured its Internal Police.
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States, The Natural Second Party
Rodney Dodsworth, May 16, 2016
While political parties ideally represent the common interests of their members, a contradiction has developed within the GOP over the past twenty years. Leadership and rank-and-file members work toward irreconcilable ends: the retention of power, wealth and status at any cost on the one hand, and change that restores economic prosperity and social cohesion on the other.
For years, GOP leadership worked handily with democrat leaders Obama, Pelosi, Reid. Behind closed doors, this common senior leadership develops many thousand page omnibus spending bills. In turn, these assaults on the traditional appropriations process are presented to a membership that is cajoled and threatened. No time is allowed for committee examination. Members are expected to march in lockstep with leaders and vote for that which they haven’t even read.
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Rodney Dodsworth, May 16, 2016
While political parties ideally represent the common interests of their members, a contradiction has developed within the GOP over the past twenty years. Leadership and rank-and-file members work toward irreconcilable ends: the retention of power, wealth and status at any cost on the one hand, and change that restores economic prosperity and social cohesion on the other.
For years, GOP leadership worked handily with democrat leaders Obama, Pelosi, Reid. Behind closed doors, this common senior leadership develops many thousand page omnibus spending bills. In turn, these assaults on the traditional appropriations process are presented to a membership that is cajoled and threatened. No time is allowed for committee examination. Members are expected to march in lockstep with leaders and vote for that which they haven’t even read.
articlevblog.com/2016/05/states-the-natural-second-party-2/