Alaska's Legislature and Governor Palin recently passed a resolution to inform the U.S. Congress that Alaska supports the Tenth Amendment and retains State sovereignty over those powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

Alaska has joined a growing list of states that have passed such Tenth Amendment resolutions since 2008, starting with Oklahoma. Now the question is: Will Alaska's Legislature and Governor actually enforce the Tenth Amendment upon Congress?

In 1995, Utah's Legislature passed HJR003, a House Joint Resolution telling congress that Utah wouldn't accept any more uncsontitutional mandates and would enforce the Tenth Amendment. Has the Utah Legislature, Utah State Attorney General's Office, and Utah Law enforcement enforced the Tenth Amendment since then? Not that I know of. But, it could, if it would! That's what federal district courts are for and the Supreme Court if a State has the gumption to go that route.

I hope you'll acquire a copy of the Resolution Gov. Palin just signed and write to your Legislators to urge them to enforce the resolution to enforce the Tenth Amendment. I encourage you to be active in urging the Legislators and Governor to do more than send a resolution, which is simply a letter, to Congress if they mean business.