Freedom For Virginians Act
Freedom For Virginians Act (FFVA)
What Is It? The Freedom For Virginians Act (FFVA) is a proposed piece of state legislation that allows the Commonwealth of Virginia to become a bastion of freedom and protect the citizens of this Commonwealth from unconstitutional Federal mandates.
How Does It Work? The Constitution lays out exactly the role of the Federal Government. They are call enumerated powers. If the Constitution doesn’t designate powers to the Federal Government, the states and the people have those rights (under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Constitution.)
The sovereign states of this Union set up the Federal Government as an agent to handle certain items that could not be efficiently handled by 13 states. They specifically wrote in the document that they retained their rights, specifically under the 10th Amendment.
So who determines whether a law is outside the scope of these enumerated powers? The US Supreme Court says it does, but this assumes that the states that set up the Federal Government as their agent have no rights? The Supreme Court, according to our founders, is only “supreme” regarding cases that stem from the enumerated powers of the Constitution. The Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction in cases where the Federal government is acting outside of the enumerated powers of the Constitution.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia is very clear on two key points: Virginia is a sovereign Republic and that the Commonwealth has a duty to protect its citizens from oppression. This gives the state the right to intercede on behalf of Virginians when the Federal Government oversteps its Constitutional powers and the duty to act to protect the citizens from unconstitutional Federal mandates.
The FFVA, in part states:
As a Sovereign state, the Commonwealth of Virginia reserves the right to determine whether any law, regulation, executive order or Judicial Ruling goes beyond the powers vested to the Federal Government by Virginia and the several states that created the United States Constitution. Any laws, regulations, executive orders or Judicial Rulings from the United States that the Commonwealth of Virginia deems not within said enumerated powers shall be considered moot and unenforceable within its borders.
Does this mean secession? Absolutely not! The Federal Government has a role and they need to stay within their Constitutional box. But when they stray out of their box (as they are doing now at an alarming rate) the states, as sovereign powers have the right to declare moot, laws that are clearly outside the enumerated powers.
This is the Civil Rights Movement of the 21st Century. In the 1960s, the Federal Government rightly stepped into the Civil Rights movement on issues like Brown vs. the Board of Education. Segregated schools and other evils of the Jim Crow South were clear violations of the Equal Protection Clause which gave the Federal Government the right, and more importantly the duty, to step in an protect it’s citizens.
As in the 60’s there is a need for a Civil Rights Movement. But now the villain is not the states, but the Federal Regime that is instituting laws in clear violation of the Constitution and with the express design to enslave the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our state officials not only have the right, but the duty, to step up and protect us.
Please check for additional information on the Freedom For Virginians Act at roanoketeaparty.com. We will be looking for sponsors in the House and Senate and we will need your help in lobbying your representative on this law.
We will be establishing a separate group and website specifically devoted to the FFVA soon. Check the Roanoke Tea Party website for additional information on developments and what you can do to help. Join the Resistance…Join the Roanoke Tea Party.
We will be adding links, information and the full text over the next few weeks.
