PRINTER'S NO. 2825
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
682
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, GROVE AND A. HARRIS, FEBRUARY 9, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 9, 2016
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Congress of the United States to call for an
amendment convention pursuant to Article V of the United
States Constitution that shall be entitled the Countermand
Amendment Convention and limited to proposing an amendment to
the United States Constitution 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 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 have the sole authority to
limit the agenda and authority of delegates and alternates they
send to a convention; and
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