On Friday, November 16, Governor Napolitano issued a news release announcing the formation of a partnership between Arizona and the state of Sonora, Mexico, to promote business interests.
It is unconstitutional for any state to form an agreement — even with another state, not to mention a foreign government. There are good reasons for this. For example, when Utah and Colorado formed a water agreement, they had to have the approval of Congress because the water flowed into Arizona and it wouldn’t be fair for those states to, say, cut off water to Arizona. That’s just an example. States CANNOT make agreements with other states or with foreign countries.
We need to flood the Governor’s office for the next three days with phone calls opposing this partnership. If this is allowed to pass, it just takes us one step closer to the merger of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Please make at least one phone call per day. Just tell them that you oppose the agreement because it’s unconstitutional.
“No state shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation … No state shall, without the consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with another state, or with a foreign power ….” (U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 10)
GOVERNOR JANET NAPOLITANO
If the link is broken please cut and past the following mailing address to get to the Governor:
http://azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp
602-542-1381 (FAX)
602-542-4331 (Main office)
928-708-0982 (Northern Arizona Office)
520-628-6580 (Southern Arizona Office)
602-542-2248 (Constituent Services)
602-542-1586 (General Counsel)
602-542-1304 (Chief of Staff)
November 21, 2007 at 10:22 pm
OK, time for me to “throw gas on the fire”… A friend of mine (who I’ll keep his name out of this… many of you’d know him ) e-mailed this to me in response to Mr. Don Goldwater’s e-mail:
“What chutzpah!!!!! Don Goldwater tries to make the reverse federalism argument against customary cultural and economic cooperation between bordering U.S. and Mexican states, citing the U.S. Constitution’s Article I, Sec. 10 prohibition on states having their own foreign policy.
His cognitive dissonance is unmistakable when one considers his support for states having their own immigration policy which is in direct conflict with the U.S. Constitution’s Article I, Sec. 8 granting Congress the exclusive power “to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization”.
This kind of jackassery is what gives conservatives a bad name. Oppose Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano for partisan reasons on whatever issue you want but at least make a good faith effort to present a logically consistent argument.
If Mr. Goldwater had similarly criticized Gov. Napolitano for signing HB 2779, the employer sanctions law currently under federal court review, then his current screed would pass the first test of honest political criticism. He didn’t so why should I take his current case against Gov. Napolitano seriously?
This guy has really over-drafted on the credit of his uncle’s good name.”
Ok, let’s see all the comments on my comment.
November 22, 2007 at 12:40 am
Wow! What’s left to say? Some good points made, but Goldwater still speaks for many of us who are frustrated with our elected “leaders,” on the issue of illegals entering this country by the millions. And, they are not all Hispanics. Middle Easterners from numerous countries in the region. Chinese, Koreans, Russians…..have all been apprehended. Think of the ones who slipped past. You can bet there were far more who entered undetected than were caught. We’ve got a serious problem inthis country and we are all so damn blasé about it.