The mainstream media finally notice the State Sovereignty movement

Travis Anderson at the Associated Press has taken notice of the State sovereignty movement, about which we have been reporting for the last several weeks. In general, the report is fair, allowing for a little snark (for example, calling it a "craze"); but there is one comment that does need to be answered:

"Richard Hesse, professor emeritus of constitutional law at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, said [New Hampshire State Rep. Daniel] Itse's resolution could strip authority from state leaders, as well as from Congress and the president.

"'When you think about this claim that if a state believes a federal law is unconstitutional it can just ignore it, then I presume if a county believed a state law was unconstitutional it could just ignore it,' Hesse said. 'Really what's implicit in this is an unwillingness to recognize a lawful authority.'"

This is not true. The counties are not sovereign. The States are. Counties are creatures of the State legislatures, which can alter or abolish them at any time according to the provisions of their State constitutions. The States were not created by the Federal government -- the reverse is true. Prof. Hesse needs to review Federalist #39 and the Anti-Federalist Papers, before coming up with a statement that is so contrary to the intent of the Founders.

It is the Federal government that is not recognizing lawful authority -- the Constitution of the United States.