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ND SCR4016
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/31/2013
Primary Sponsor
Margaret Sitte
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AI Summary
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Rescind 2011 House Concurrent Resolution No. 3048, which requested Congress call an Article V constitutional convention to propose an amendment limiting convention authority to specific identical amendments from two-thirds of state legislatures.
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State that the U.S. Constitution has been successfully amended multiple times throughout history without needing a constitutional convention and has protected citizens for over 200 years.
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Express concern that opening the Constitution to sweeping changes at a convention could create legal chaos and lead to centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation.
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Direct the North Dakota Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to congressional leaders, all state legislators, and each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to rescind an application made by the Sixty-second Legislative Assembly to the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to the terms of Article
Last Action
Second reading, failed to adopt
2/27/2013