Partial 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, government agency’s regulatory ruling, or any other
government mandate 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or ruling shall be immediately and automatically nullified and repealed.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
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. . . . “