H 4258 Session 125 (2023-2024) H 4258 Joint Resolution, By Magnuson and Harris
A joint Resolution
TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HEREBY RESCINDS AND SHALL REPEAL, CANCEL, NULLIFY, AND SUPERSEDE TO THE SAME EFFECT AS IF THEY HAD NEVER BEEN PASSED, ANY AND ALL EXTANT APPLICATIONS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CALL A CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly, acting with the best of
intentions, has, at various times, and during various sessions, previously made
applications to the Congress of the United States of America to call one or
more conventions to propose either one or more amendments regarding one or more
specific subjects or purposes, or to call a general convention to propose an
unspecified and unlimited number of amendments to the United States
Constitution, pursuant to the provisions of Article
Whereas, the Declaration of Independence proclaims that "it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish" their form of government whenever
it fails to secure their rights, which implies that a convention of
representatives of the sovereign people in an
Whereas, the Constitution of the United States of America has been
amended many times in the history of this nation and may be amended many more
times, without the need to resort to an
Whereas, there is no need for, and rather there is great danger in, subjecting our form of government, which is based on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, to sweeping changes that would potentially undermine its philosophical foundation of instituting government based on the principle of securing God-given rights; and
Whereas, the best solution for reining in the federal government is
an informed and virtuous electorate which will hold public officials
accountable to our existing Constitution with its principles of limited
government, rather than risking an
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) The General Assembly of
South Carolina hereby rescinds and shall repeal, cancel, nullify, and supersede
to the same effect as if they had never been passed, any and all extant
applications by the General Assembly to the Congress of the United States of
America to call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the
United States of America, pursuant to the terms of (B) The General Assembly shall urge the legislatures of each state which has applied to Congress to call a convention for either a general or a limited constitutional convention to repeal and withdraw such applications. (C) The President of the Senate is authorized and directed to send copies of this resolution to the Secretary of State, to the presiding officers of both houses of the legislatures of each state in the Union, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives, and to the members of Congress of the United States representing the State and people of South Carolina.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on April 6, 2023 at 5:14 PM |