North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota Senate Bill SCR4003 Compare Versions

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2	2	Sixty-ninth
3	3	Legislative Assembly
4	4	of North Dakota
5	5	Introduced by
6	6	Senators Clemens, Conley
7	7	Representatives D. Johnston, Hoverson
8	8	A concurrent resolution to rescind all extant applications by the North Dakota Legislative
9	9	Assembly to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution under
10	10	Article V of the United States Constitution.
11	11	WHEREAS, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, acting with the best of intentions, has
12	12	applied to Congress to call one or more conventions to propose amendments regarding specific
13	13	subjects or purposes, or to call a general convention to propose an unspecified and unlimited
14	14	number of amendments to the United States Constitution under the provisions of Article V of the
15	15	United States Constitution; and
16	16	WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence proclaims "it is the Right of the People to alter
17	17	or abolish" the form of government when the government fails to secure rights of the people;
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19	19	WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence implies a convention of representatives of the
20	20	sovereign people in an Article V "convention for proposing amendments" would have inherent
21	21	power to propose sweeping changes to the United States Constitution, regardless of any
22	22	limitations purportedly imposed by the states in applying for the convention and creates an
23	23	imminent peril to the well-established rights of citizens and the duties of various levels of
24	24	government as defined by our Constitution; and
25	25	WHEREAS, the United States Constitution has been amended many times in the history of
26	26	this nation and may be amended many more times without the need to resort to an Article V
27	27	convention; and
28	28	WHEREAS, the United States Constitution has been interpreted for more than 200 years
29	29	and is a sound document that protects the lives and liberties of its citizens; and
30	30	WHEREAS, there is no need to subject our form of government, which is based on the
31	31	Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, to sweeping changes that
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33	33	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4003
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60	60	would undermine the philosophical foundation of instituting government based on the principle
61	61	of securing God-given rights; and
62	62	WHEREAS, the best solution for reining in the federal government is an informed electorate
63	63	who will hold public officials accountable to the existing United States Constitution with its
64	64	principles of limited government rather than risking the results of an Article V convention;
65	65	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE
66	66	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
67	67	That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly rescinds all extant applications by the North
68	68	Dakota Legislative Assembly to Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the
69	69	United States Constitution under Article V of the United States Constitution; and
70	70	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the North Dakota Legislative Assembly urges all state
71	71	legislatures that have applied to Congress to call a convention for either a general or a limited
72	72	constitutional convention to rescind those applications; and
73	73	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution
74	74	to the President of the United States Senate, the Secretary of the United States Senate, the
75	75	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Clerk of the United States House
76	76	of Representatives, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of
77	77	Representatives, each member of the North Dakota Congressional delegation, and the
78	78	presiding officers of each house of each state legislature in the United States.
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