
Democrats chided the nonbinding resolution, arguing that it is part of a growing national right-wing movement to declare the federal government illegitimate.Republicans in the state have a different interpretation, one that's much more similar to the theory of the co-equal pissy pants branch of government:
"Interestingly, I found that eight states were considering resolutions just like this," Rep. Franke Wilmer, D-Bozeman, said. "When New Hampshire debated a version of this resolution the headlines read, 'First shot in the Civil War.'"
Wilmer said former President Andrew Jackson's vice president, John C. Calhoun, wrote a similar resolution in the early 1800s that some historians consider a precursor to the Civil War.
"We don't serve the constitution or our government well at all by passing antigovernment resolutions like this," Wilmer said.
Rep. Kraton Kerns, R-Laurel, said he was surprised More's resolution elicited such a strong reaction from Democrats. He called the measure "a federal-government-be-good stick."I grant the Republicans the benefit of the doubt that they are merely wasting time with these resolutions, but whatever it is they're trying to say, they should keep in mind who's listening.
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