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Article V Application on United States Congress Calling for the
Countermand Amendment Convention
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THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Concurrent Resolution No.
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The Legislature of the State of North Carolina Calls on the United States Congress to convene the Countermand Amendment Convention under the authority reserved to State Legislatures in Article V of the United States Constitution.

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States guarantees to every State a Republican form of government which gives each State equal standing when calling for Amendment Conventions.

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States reserves to the several States the right to call for an Amendment Convention for the purpose of proposing Amendments to the United States Constitution when Congress, the Courts, or the Executive Branch refuse to address an egregious wrong suffered by the people; and

WHEREAS, The State Legislatures alone have the authority (as elected Representatives of the People) to ‘Call’ on the United States Congress to convene an Article V Amendment Convention and to ‘limit’ the agenda and authority of Delegates they send to a convened Article V Convention. This sovereign authority does not reside in United States Congress, nor in the Federal or State Courts, nor in the Federal Executive Branch, nor in State Executive Branches of government. This authority resides solely in STATE LEGISLATURES.

WHEREAS, The United States Congress is charged by the Constitution to facilitate the Applications from the States in an orderly and expeditious manner and to convene the ‘Article V Countermand Amendment Convention’ when two thirds of the Several States have completed their applications.

WHEREAS, The Countermand Amendment Convention will be a “Single Issue Amendment Convention" defined by State Legislatures. The delegates summoned to this convention by Congress will have the authority to deliberate on and decide if the Countermand Amendment, as pre-approved by State Legislatures, should be sent back to the State Legislatures for ratification. Absolutely no other business will be authorized at this Convention; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of North Carolina

That the United States Congress convene a “Single Issue Amendment Convention” called the COUNTERMAND AMENDMENT CONVENTION for the sole purpose to decide if the proposed Amendment should be sent back to the State Legislatures for ratification. Congress is directed to convene the Countermand Amendment Convention within 60 days from the date it receives Applications from two thirds of the Several States; and, be it

Resolved, That the Clerk forward a copy of this signed Agreement to the leadership in Both Houses of the United States Congress.

This Article V Application directing Congress to convene the Countermand Amendment Convention is hereby entered into and approved by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina on this date:

Month: ___________________________ Day: _______ Year: __________.

Authorized Signatures with Titles:                                                             Seal of the State of North Carolina

Name: ____________________________________ Title:____________
Name: ____________________________________ Title:____________
Name: ____________________________________ Title:____________
 


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