Lawmaker wants to declare Oklahoma a sovereign state

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed a joint decision to declare the Sooner State a sovereign state.

Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed Senate Joint Resolution 2, which proposes an modification to the Oklahoma Constitution.

The proposed modification would declare Oklahoma as a sovereign state.

The proposed modification is as follows: “The State of Oklahoma is an inseparable sovereign state, a part of the Federal Union known as the United States of America, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land and any laws to the contrary are null, void, and of no effect in this state.”

“For far too long, the federal government has trampled on state sovereignty,” Sen. Nathan Dahm mentioned. “This proposal is an attempt to restore balance between the state and the feds.”

If handed by the Legislature, the proposed modification can be put to a vote of the individuals within the subsequent election.

“This new language reiterates that the states are not subservient to the federal government,” Dahm mentioned. “The states created the federal government, gave it the power that it does have, and reserved the remainder to themselves.”