| State of [ ] |
[ ]th Legislature |
200[ ] Session |
By Representatives [ ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF [
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The Federal Government
denies the Citizens of this State
their constitutional rights in law and/or in principle that:
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The federal Government promote the
general welfare (i.e., well-being) of the People,
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The People shall
choose
their congressional representatives, and
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Should have
acted to prevent various other
major problems.
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This State
recognizes that the
Founding Fathers’ assurances made to the States are relevant to these Problems:
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The persons delegated to the administration
of the national government will always be disinclined to yield up any
portion of the authority of which they were once possessed.
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The People must rely
on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the
encroachments of the national authority.
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The U.S.
Constitution incorporated Article V's
Second Method of amending the Constitution to
accommodate precisely these types of Problems
that are otherwise unsolvable within the Constitution.
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In this State [The Constitution is established by the people.
All political power is inherent in the people. Free Governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the governed. Governments are established for
the people’s benefit and to protect and maintain their rights. The people have a
right to alter or reform their government. The right of petition for the common
good shall not be abridged. The people have the constitutional right of direct
democracy by referendum and/or initiative. A power reserved by the people is the
initiative.] Based on these principles, this State desires to consider a
Solution that will remedy the Congressional problems
imposed upon the people of this State by providing a continuing constitutional means to check and balance the misused powers that have accumulated and would continue to accumulate to the Congress.
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Therefore, this State shall, and hereby does, support in principle a Solution
of the type described in the attached Planned Citizens' Initiatives
Constitutional
Amendment with its two referenced documents, and incorporates them all
herein by reference. If a sufficient number of other States do likewise, this
State may attend meetings of State officials (as a State not Federal function) to
coordinate a draft of a State-proposed constitutional Amendment based upon the referenced documents. If two-thirds (and preferably over three-fourths) of the States then concur with a single proposed
U.S. Constitutional Amendment, this State may support an application to Congress to
call an Article V Convention, within a specified time from the date of the submission hereof to the Congress, to address only this proposed Amendment.
This State's application will avoid
known pitfalls of the
Second
Method of proposing Amendments. Congress is constitutionally obliged to call
said Article V Convention. If a Supreme Court challenge tries to delay or
subvert this Amendment, this State may oppose the challenge. Before this state
attends an Article V Convention, a state or city must have demonstrated that
a boule (i.e., citizens' initiative assembly) is practical. This State may vote
to urge that the Article V Convention adopt the Amendment. The Amendment will then
return to the States, and this State Legislature may ratify the Amendment or may
call a State Convention to ratify it, as the one or the other mode of
ratification may be proposed by the Congress. If and when three-fourths of the
State have ratified the Amendment, it will become part of the U.S.
Constitution.
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