Suggested draft OF STATE BILL TO SUPPORT THE Planned CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Preface

The purpose of this Suggested Draft Bill is to propose State Legislation to support the planned constitutional Amendment in principle. It does not commit the State. (Alternatively, the state could propose a referendum. Or, in the 24 States that have the initiative process an initiative can also be used.)

There are several reasons why this legislation could be beneficial to the State. However, its justification is based on the Congressional denial—in law or in principle—of the People's constitutional rights under the Preface and Article I Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution.

The wording of State Constitutions vary, but they all recognize direct democracy in some form as a right of their people. This draft will be modified by each State, and is presented below in a generic form.

HOUSE BILL [ ]

State of [ ]

[ ]th Legislature

200[ ] Session

By Representatives [ ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF [ ]:

The Federal Government denies the Citizens of this State their constitutional rights in law and/or in principle that:

The federal Government promote the general welfare (i.e., well-being) of the People,
The People shall choose their congressional representatives, and
Should have acted to prevent various other major problems.

This State recognizes that the Founding Fathers’ assurances made to the States are relevant to these Problems:

The persons delegated to the administration of the national government will always be disinclined to yield up any portion of the authority of which they were once possessed.
The People must rely on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority.
The U.S. Constitution incorporated Article V's Second Method of amending the Constitution to accommodate precisely these types of Problems that are otherwise unsolvable within the Constitution.

In this State [The Constitution is established by the people. All political power is inherent in the people. Free Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Governments are established for the people’s benefit and to protect and maintain their rights. The people have a right to alter or reform their government. The right of petition for the common good shall not be abridged. The people have the constitutional right of direct democracy by referendum and/or initiative. A power reserved by the people is the initiative.] Based on these principles, this State desires to consider a Solution that will remedy the Congressional problems imposed upon the people of this State by providing a continuing constitutional means to check and balance the misused powers that have accumulated and would continue to accumulate to the Congress.

Therefore, this State shall, and hereby does, support in principle a Solution of the type described in the attached Planned Citizens' Initiatives Constitutional Amendment with its two referenced documents, and incorporates them all herein by reference.

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