Health Care legislation 1 day old, and already Governor of Nation's largest State Rebels

From Eric Dondero:

Texas Governor Rick Perry is again moving to assert State Sovereignty over the Feds. According to The Gov. Monitor, Gov. Perry sent a letter to other Governors reiterrating "constitutional rights of states as guaranteed under the 10th Amendment with regard to the federal health care bill being forced through by Congress."

At his urging Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is leading an effort to determine the Constitutionality of the special exemption for Nebraska allowing the State to skip Medicaid payments according to the Harry Reid compromise final package.

Quoted by The Gov. Monitor:

“As the chief executive officers of our individual sovereign states, we must stand up to this unprecedented intrusion in to our lives and the rights of our citizens. We must demonstrate resolve in the face of this infringement,” Gov. Perry wrote in the letter.

“Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (photo) is joining with several other state attorneys general to place this deal under proper scrutiny, to determine if such an exclusion is unconstitutional.

His office, along with mine, will continue to explore all options available to us as we attempt to minimize the damages that can be caused to Texans by this ill-advised piece of legislation.”

From the text of the letter itself (pdf):

This health care bill and its unfunded mandates are unhealthy to taxpayers, our economy and our democracy itself. I urge you to support the efforts of these attorney generals, and ask your own to join it, and to work with me in ongoing efforts to assert the constitutional rights of states guaranteed under the 10th Amendement... Together we can forge a powerful coalition... without the states left holding the budgetary bag for Congress yet again.

Late word that the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina has already responded positively to Governor Perry's request to excert State Sovereignty. The move came at the urgings of the State's two US Senators Lindsey Graham, and Jim DeMint.

UPDATE!

There are indications that newly-elected libertarian Republican Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli, is prepared to sign on to the agreement with TX AG Abbott. Also mentioned by various sources as likely to sign on, AGs and other "high-ranking Republican officials," in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Colorado, Utah and North Dakota.

LINKS

Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom blog:

Article: TX Gov. Rick Perry Hopes to Take Back Ben Nelson's Christmas Present to Nebraska

Excerpt: This makes me wish Governor Jay Nixon would grow a set of balls and start standing up for Missourians who are getting screwed by the federal government... Of course, Jay Nixon doesn't want to upset the federal government because he is going to need a bailout too since he expanded Medicaid in the state as quickly as he was sworn in.