Oklahoma’s Charles Key Vows to Continue the Sovereignty Fight
Posted on June 17, 2008 by Barbara Peterson
In a follow-up to the article “Oklahoma Declares Sovereignty,” I located a piece from World Net Daily that addresses some questions regarding the reason behind HJR 1089, such as the one that Kooch posted to this site yesterday:
It only looks like they are preparing to do something the central government says they can’t do. This could be related to a divisive issue like abortion, gay marriage, etc. Or it could be about business.
Well Kooch, you were right. The impetus for this was due to the Fed’s heavy handed intrusion into Oklahoma’s stance on illegal immigration:
The Sooner State became a hotbed of federal vs. state authority clashes earlier this month when a federal judge blocked a portion of Oklahoma’s tough immigration laws, ruling that plaintiffs would likely establish that the state mandates preempted federal immigration laws.
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