Is Your Governor For Sale to the EPA?

By Cassandra Anderson
June 8, 2011

greenlogoCongress failed 3 times to pass laws (HR 2421, S. 1879 and S. 787) for federal control over almost all water, so the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers are declaring jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.

Currently,  waters with a 'significant nexus' to 'navigable waters' are covered under the Clean Water Act (CWA).  The EPA is now trying to assert that the CWA "protects" (controls) traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, adjacent wetlands, tributaries, and 'other waters' which account for just about all water except swimming pools (see page 5).

Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator

In this video from 2009, Lisa Jackson admits that she doesn't know what the EPA jurisdiction is for navigable waters or wetlands, and then she says that she does need legislation to clarify the matter!  That legislation has already failed 3 times because it is an affront to individualism and property rights.  Additionally, several Supreme Court rulings limit EPA power.

When Jackson is asked whether she wants more enforcement ability or to expand the powers of the EPA, she responds that she wants both!  She further states that the power should be broad, meaning that it will give the EPA unbounded control.

She also recommends that runoff should pass through vegetative barriers before flowing into bodies of water.  Jackson is completely wrong-headed about filtering runoff, as pollution should be remedied at its source.



Federal Jurisdiction Over Water


The federal government usurped power over navigable water in the early 1800's by distorting the Commerce Clause listed in the Enumerated Powers (Article1, Section 8) of the Constitution, which says:

"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;"

The Commerce Clause has been stretched far beyond federal regulations over trade transactions and taxes; it now extends to federal authority over the means of commerce (trucks, roads, telephones, etc) and almost anything that crosses state lines (industry, fish, pollution, etc).  This is an illogical abuse of the Constitution, but it fits the plan for centralized control.

State Jurisdiction Over Water

Does federal law trump state law? ONLY when it is a Constitutional law!  The Supremacy Clause says that federal laws supersede state laws "in pursuance of the Constitution", therefore, if the federal law is not Constitutional, then action is left to the State and to the People.

Because water affects human health directly, government regulations over water are appropriate  to PROTECT human health and property (but no more and no less than that).  The states are the obvious choice for regulating water because they answer more directly to the People who live there, instead of a central federal one-size-fits-all policy.

A new bill introduced in the House, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011, is using the guise of limiting EPA power as a trick to bind states into a federal partnership.  'Cooperative federalism' means that state and local governments are used to implement federal policies.  However, under the Tenth Amendment the States can ignore unconstitutional federal acts.  Therefore, the feds usually bribe states with funds for implementation or they withhold funding from the states to usurp state power.

The Governor of each state has the responsibility of standing up against the EPA.

Read more here:  http://morphcity.com/home/100-is-your-governor-for-sale-to-the-epa

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