COUNTERMAND
AMENDMENT - VIDEO
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nullified and repealed.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.
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