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>> you mean the cost of maintaining the act or the impact it will have on the state? >> greta: new york the impact on the state. >> the impact on the state will be enormous. we cant afford this again, thats not the real question many the question for us, for those attorneys general joining together here in our effort that will be filed in florida, the question is one of the constitution. the constitution does not allow this. the constitution gives the federal government specific express powers. ...

Accomplish this legislatively? that doesnt seem realistic or possible at this point until a new congress -- is it at the ballot box, court challenges? what do you see the best way to accomplish and be successful in accomplishing a repeal? >> in the midst of supporting michelle bachmann and others who want this previouslied and i will support her doing that i does need to be our states who decide, no respect for the 10th amendment is important enough we are going to suit federal government for th...

That doesnt seem realistic or possible at this point until a new congress -- is it at the ballot box, court challenges? what do you see the best way to accomplish and be successful in accomplishing a repeal? >> in the midst of supporting michelle bachmann and others who want this previouslied and i will support her doing that i does need to be our states who decide, no respect for the 10th amendment is important enough we are going to suit federal government for this unfunded mandate that is goi...

>> you mean the cost of maintaining the act or the impact it will have on the state? >> greta: new york the impact on the state. >> the impact on the state will be enormous. we cant afford this again, thats not the real question many the question for us, for those attorneys general joining together here in our effort that will be filed in florida, the question is one of the constitution. the constitution does not allow this. the constitution gives the federal government specific express powers. ...

Saying if you go through and push it thing through with that law, virginia attorney general wrote a letter to the house this week and said we are going to do everything we can to challenge what you are doing on the federal level. we as states still retain our power and our authority and i dont know if they will be citing 10th amendment concerns but clearly the states are not going to take this lying down. >> was that for me or for -- >> no, cali. go ahead with that. >> the states arent going to ...

Brad, let me begin with you, the states, do they have a case here? >> absolutely. our lawmakers have to realize, kelly, their job is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution as its written not expand and take rights away from states. what this bill does is it preempts states rights and forcing upon individual citizens of the state to buy insurance from monopolies, private entities within those states and states like virginia have already passed a law, 38 states as you mention are lining ...

>> why dont you take a look right now at the difference here. we have a little map put together of land owned by the federal government and that is in red and thats out west. that is a lot of land. is that part of the reason why you put together the creation of the 10th amendment task force to get some power back to the states? >> kind of makes an interesting comment on the idea of equal footing for all states. but yeah, the problem is the western states have almost half of the land owned by the...

They want. when you undertake legislation that by force of law affects the taking clause of the constitution, affects the 10th amendment to the constitution about the powers that are reserved to the states, that affects interstate commerce, potentially, and you do it potentially in violation of existing constitutional amendments, the way to repeal a constitutional amendment is to pass another amendment. not on a simple majority, an up or down vote, a reconciliation which is a budget procedure, t...

Having his lips dripping with the words interposition and nullification. one day -- there he is talking about it. im not going to read the whole thing. there he is -- i have to read the whole thing. well be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls. the point, though, was the interposition and nullification, or the words of jim crowe. wayne, heres this candidate for governor in texas in 2010 doing that. >> i think you have to watch -- when i watch rick perry on the stump t...

Thing. there he is -- i have to read the whole thing. well be able to join hands with little black boys and black girls. the point, though, was the interposition and nullification, or the words of jim crowe. wayne, heres this candidate for governor in texas in 2010 doing that. >> i think you have to watch -- when i watch rick perry on the stump talk about the 10th amendment and say states rights and the crowd cheers, it kind of gives you a shiver. because the phrase is obviously freighted from t...