Title: Model Convention of States Application/Resolution
Original CoS Document (slug): model-convention-of-states-application
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Attached File: COS_APPforCOS.pdf
The Model Convention of States application Resolution provides citizens and legislators with the correct operative language to include in their state's Convention of States resolution. Each state must pass this exact application to aggregate towards the 34 states necessary to call a Convention
Created: 2017-07-06 07:08:51
Updated: 2024-04-05 14:48:14
Published: 2017-07-17 12:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T19:21:32.932820551
Whereas,
the Founders of our Constitution empowered State Legislators to be guardians of liberty
against future abuses of power by the federal government, and
Whereas,
the federal government has created a crushing national debt through improper and
imprudent spending, and
Whereas,
the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through the
manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent, and
Whereas,
the federal government has ceased to live under a proper interpretation of the
Constitution of the United States, and
Whereas,
it is the solemn duty of the States to protect the liberty of our people—particularly for
the generations to come—by proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
through a Convention of the States under Article V for the purpose of restraining these and
related abuses of power,
Be it therefore resolved by the legislature of the State of ________________:
Section 1.
The legislature of the State of ____________________________________________ hereby applies to Congress,
under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling
of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
United States that impose fi scal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and
jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of offi ce for its offi cials and for
members of Congress.
Section 2.
The secretary of state is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the
President and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the
United States House of Representatives, and copies to the members of the said Senate and
House of Representatives from this State; also to transmit copies hereof to the presiding
offi cers of each of the legislative houses in the several States, requesting their cooperation.
Section 3.
This application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of
the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the
several states have made applications on the same subject.
APPLICATION FOR A CONVENTION OF THE STATES UNDER
ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES