PRINTER'S NO. 443
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
51
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, MARCH 14, 2023
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 14, 2023
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Congress of the United States to call for an
amendment convention pursuant to Article V of the
Constitution of the United States that shall be entitled the
Countermand Amendment Convention and limited to proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant
state legislatures authority to countermand and rescind any
mandate issued by any branch of the Federal Government or its
agencies that encroaches on states' rights and the personal
liberties of their citizens.
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the
United States guarantees to every state a republican form of
government that gives each state equal standing when calling
for a Federal amendment convention; and
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
reserves to the state legislatures the right to apply for an
Article V amendment convention for the purpose of proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the United States when
Congress, the courts or the executive branch refuse to address
an egregious wrong suffered by the people; and
WHEREAS, The state legislatures have the sole authority to
limit the agenda and authority of delegates and alternates they
send to a convention; and
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WHEREAS, Under Article V of the Constitution of the United
States, Congress shall convene a convention as called for and
defined by two-thirds of the state legislatures; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the House of Representatives concurring), That the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby
apply to Congress for a Countermand Amendment Convention under
the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United
States to propose a countermand amendment to the Constitution of
the United States granting states the right to countermand and
rescind any act of any branch of the Federal Government or its
agencies that encroaches on states' rights and the personal
liberties of their citizens; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania direct Congress to convene the Countermand
Amendment Convention within 60 days from the date it receives
the 34th call for this convention from a state legislature; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a certified copy of this resolution be
transmitted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives, each member of the
Pennsylvania delegation to Congress and to the presiding
officers of each house of the state legislatures requesting
their cooperation in applying for a convention limited to the
subject matter contemplated by this application.
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