Day 1: What\u2019s going on in Colonial Williamsburg at the Simulated Convention of States<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nAt the end of the day, here are the end results:<\/p>\n
Adopted September 23, 2016 in Williamsburg, VA<\/em>
\nStatement of Convention:<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Convention respectfully submits these proposals to the American people with the
\nconviction that they are a sound beginning to a critically-needed national discussion about
\nrestoring the balance of power between the federal government and the states. Further, it is the
\nconviction of this body that the states must deliberate and adopt appropriate proposals for a
\nbalanced budget amendment and an amendment to provide the states a means to serve as a check
\non judicial overreach by the federal judiciary of the United States.\u201d
\nFiscal Restraints Proposal 1:<\/strong>
\nSECTION 1. The public debt shall not be increased except upon a recorded vote of two-thirds of
\neach house of Congress, and only for a period not to exceed one year.
\nSECTION 2. No state or any subdivision thereof shall be compelled or coerced by Congress or
\nthe President to appropriate money.
\nSECTION 3. The provisions of the first section of this amendment shall take effect 3 years after
\nratification.
\nFederal Legislat<\/strong>ive & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 1:<\/strong>
\nSECTION 1. The power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states shall be
\nlimited to the regulation of the sale, shipment, transportation, or other movement of goods,
\narticles or persons. Congress may not regulate activity solely because it affects commerce among
\nthe several states.
\nSECTION 2. The power of Congress to make all laws that are necessary and proper to regulate
\ncommerce among the several states, or with foreign nations, shall not be construed to include the
\npower to regulate or prohibit any activity that is confined within a single state regardless of its
\neffects outside the state, whether it employs instrumentalities therefrom, or whether its regulation
\nor prohibition is part of a comprehensive regulatory scheme; but Congress shall have power to
\ndefine and provide for punishment of offenses constituting acts of war or violent insurrection
\nagainst the United States.
\nSECTION 3. The Legislatures of the States shall have standing to file any claim alleging
\nviolation of this article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit standing that may
\notherwise exist for a person.
\nSECTION 4. This article shall become effective five years from the date of its ratification.
\nFederal Term Limits & Judicial Jurisdiction Proposal 1:
\nNo person shall be elected to more than six full terms in the House of Representatives. No person
\nshall be elected to more than two full terms in the Senate. These limits shall include the time
\nserved prior to the enactment of this Article.
\nFederal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 2<\/strong>:
\nSECTION 1. The Legislatures of the States shall have authority to abrogate any provision of
\nfederal law issued by the Congress, President, or Administrative Agencies of the United States,
\nwhether in the form of a statute, decree, order, regulation, rule, opinion, decision, or other form.
\nSECTION 2. Such abrogation shall be effective when the Legislatures of three-fifths of the
\nStates approve a resolution declaring the same provision or provisions of federal law to be
\nabrogated. This abrogation authority may also be applied to provisions of federal law existing at
\nthe time this amendment is ratified.
\nSECTION 3. No government entity or official may take any action to enforce a provision of
\nfederal law after it is abrogated according to this Amendment. Any action to enforce a provision
\nof abrogated federal law may be enjoined by a federal or state court of general jurisdiction in the
\nstate where the enforcement action occurs, and costs and attorney fees of such injunction shall be
\nawarded against the entity or official attempting to enforce the abrogated provision.
\nSECTION 4. No provision of federal law abrogated pursuant to this amendment may be
\nreenacted or reissued for six years from the date of the abrogation.
\nFiscal Restraints Proposal 2<\/strong>:
\nSECTION 1. Congress shall not impose taxes or other exactions upon incomes, gifts, or estates.
\nSECTION 2. Congress shall not impose or increase any tax, duty, impost or excise without the
\napproval of three-fifths of the House of Representatives and three-fifths of the Senate, and shall
\nseparately present such to the President.
\nSECTION 3. This Article shall be effective five years from the date of its ratification, at which
\ntime the Sixteenth Article of amendment is repealed.
\n Federal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 3<\/strong>:
\nWhenever one quarter of the members of the United States House of Representatives or the
\nUnited States Senate transmits to the President their written declaration of opposition to any
\nproposed or existing federal administrative regulation, in whole or in part, it shall require a
\nmajority vote of the House of Representatives and Senate to adopt or affirm that regulation.
\nUpon the transmittal of opposition, if Congress shall fail to vote within 180 days, such regulation
\nshall be vacated. No proposed regulation challenged under the terms of this Article shall go into
\neffect without the approval of Congress. Congressional approval or rejection of a rule or
\nregulation is not subject to Presidential veto under Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am just now settling down after being in Colonial Williamsburg \u2014 and now, the city has another reason to be called \u201chistoric.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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