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ALERT to all New Hampshire voters! HCR 28 – AS INTRODUCED 2010 SESSION 10/09 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 28 A RESOLUTION rescinding all requests by the New Hampshire legislature for a federal constitutional convention and urging other states to withdraw similar requests. SPONSORS: Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Horrigan, Straf 7; Rep. Bates, Rock 4; Rep. Vita, Straf 3 COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs This concurrent resolution rescinds all requests by the New Hampshire legislature for a federal constitutional convention, and urges other states to withdraw similar requests. 10-2349 10/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten A RESOLUTION rescinding all requests by the New Hampshire legislature for a federal constitutional convention and urging other states to withdraw similar requests. Whereas, the New Hampshire legislature, acting with the best of intentions, has, at various times and during various sessions, previously made applications to the United States Congress to call one or more conventions to propose amendments concerning specific subjects to the United States Constitution, pursuant to Article V thereof; and Whereas, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren E. Burger, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Arthur Goldberg, and other leading constitutional scholars, agreed that such a convention may propose sweeping changes to the Constitution, any limitations or restrictions purportedly imposed by the states in requesting the convention notwithstanding, thereby creating imminent peril to the well established rights of citizens and the duties of various levels of government; and Whereas, the United States Constitution has been amended many times in the history of this nation and may be amended many more times without the need to resort to a constitutional convention, and has been interpreted for more than 200 years and has been found to be a sound document which protects the lives and liberties of the citizens; and Whereas, there is no need for, rather, there is great danger in, a new constitution or in opening the United States Constitution to sweeping changes, the adoption of which could create legal chaos in this nation and only begin the process of another 2 centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That any and all requests by the New Hampshire legislature for a federal constitutional convention are hereby rescinded and deemed null and void; and That the New Hampshire legislature urges all other states that have applied to Congress to call either a general or a limited constitutional convention to repeal and withdraw their applications; and That copies of this resolution be forwarded by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, each member of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation, the Administrator of the United State General Services Administration, and to the presiding officers of both houses of the legislatures of each state. New Hampshire has submitted the following thus far:
Perhaps the voters of New Hampshire may want to ask their state legislators why they are trying to do this? Besides, there is nothing in the 143 words in the single sentence in Article V of the Constitution of the United States (see below) that permits rescissions: Article V of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. At any rate, we have the government we elect, and re-elect, and re-elect, . . . , and re-elect, at least perhaps until repeatedly rewarding failure and repeatedly rewarding FOR-SALE, incompetent, and corrupt incumbent politicians with 85%-to-90% re-election rates finally becomes too painful? So, please tell us what you think? |