YAY? or NAY? What say you? Text of proposed COUNTERMAND AMENDMENT ARTICLE 28 (or alternate number to be assigned by Congress) Section 1. The Article restores State sovereignty in our Constitutional Republic by providing State Legislatures Countermand authority. Section 2. State Legislatures in the several States shall have the authority to Countermand and rescind any Congressional Statute, Judicial decision, Executive Order, Treaty, government agency’s regulatory ruling, or any other government or non-government mandate (including excessive spending and credit) imposed on them when in the opinion of 60 percent of State Legislatures the law or ruling adversely affects their States’ interest. When the Countermand threshold has been reached, the law or ruling shall be immediately and automatically nullified and repealed. This Countermand authority shall also apply to existing laws and rulings. Section 3. From the time the initial Countermand is issued by a State Legislature, the other Legislatures shall have 18 months to complete the Countermand process. If the Countermand process is not completed in 18 months, then the law or ruling that is being challenged shall remain enforceable. Section 4. Each State Legislature must complete their Countermand affidavit and deliver a certified copy to the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the United States, and when applicable the Government Agency or Body that is being challenged. Section 5. Any elected or non-elected government official, or any non-government individual or organization, who intentionally obstructs or prevents the implementation of any provision in this Article shall have committed a criminal offense and shall be subject to impeachment (when applicable)and criminal prosecution and upon conviction serve up to five years in prison. Section 6. Individual States shall have authority to prosecute violators of this Article under State laws in the absence of Federal prosecution after 90 days from the date of the alleged violation. Multiple prosecutions, by multiple States, for the same alleged crime are prohibited. Section 7. The Article shall be immediately part of the United States Constitution upon ratification by three quarters of the State Legislatures in the several States. Section 8. The provisions of this Article are enforceable within the United States which shall include the Several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the territories and possessions of the United States. This is the tool. You are the weapon. Pick it up and lets GITTERDUN! PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS: What State Legislatures must retain is their Constitutional sovereign authority under Article V. If this nation has any hope of restoring our Republic, then State Legislatures must not allow Congress, Courts, Executive Branch or delegates at a Convention to define their Article V sovereignty for them. In all the confusion and debate about Article V Conventions over the last several months, it will be easy for legislators to confuse the authority they have to make Application directing Congress to convene a Convention, with the authority they have to control the deliberations at a Convention. This is not a subtle point. If the Legislatures allow delegates they send to a Convention to function as free agents and not Ambassadors, then they will have surrendered their sovereign authority to delegates and the Convention process will be forever mired in politics. For the first time since the Constitutional Convention, States have an opportunity to be respected as partners in government, not subjects to Federal power. When the Legislatures adopt the Single Issue Amendment process, the Convention will be safe, quick and successful. They alone have authority to control the Amendment process through to Ratification. Their sovereignty has been passed down to them from the Articles of Confederation through Article V in the United States Constitution. It must not be abdicated. State Legislatures are the final arbiters in all Constitutional matters. (Cont.) Please print and read these links. If you like and agree. Get it to your local rep. Charles Kacprowicz HAS discovered how to keep the Article V Convention safe and predictable. Our reps need our help and guidance now more than ever before! Education is the key. Learn more now. Teach it to your kids. This information has been kept from us the same as they are dumbing down education system. This beautifully simple, brilliantly written, concise and powerful remedy deserves to be part of our beloved Constitution. The framers left us the Article V for a reason and it wasnt to rewrite The Constitution. It is to protect and defend.. III% Letter to State Legislator: citizeninitiatives.org/amendment_countermands/Countermands_Intro_Leg.pdf Call on Congress: citizeninitiatives.org/amendment_countermands/call_on_congress_countermand.pdf Countermand Amendment: citizeninitiatives.org/amendment_countermands/countermand_amendment.pdf Delegate Resoulution: citizeninitiatives.org/amendment_countermands/delegate_resolution_countermand_amendment.pdf Video: citizeninitiatives.org/Countermand_Video.wmv Position Paper: citizeninitiatives.org/tools_with_teeth1.htm Countermand Website: https://countermands.us/ Countermand Petition: https://countermands.us/petitions.html Single Issue Countermand Amendment Convention Only pre-approved Amendments by Legislatures can be safe, predictable and successful! State Legislatures are the deliberative body with sovereign authority under Article V of the United States Constitution - not Congress, nor the Courts, nor the Executive, nor regulatory agencies, nor delegates sent to the Convention. Legislatures must not abdicate this authority. If they do they will not get it back. JOIN US! Join us in the greatest battle in Americas history to protect the Constitution and Article V State Legislature sovereignty. Tell us how you can help. In the Comments/Questions field tell us about yourself and your areas of interest. Citizen Initiatives is appointing State Directors, Legislative Directors, and Coordinators. 2014 promises to be the year State Legislators adopt the Single Issue Countermand Amendment strategy with pre-approved text: https://countermands.us/join-us.html
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:27:48 +0000
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