Can any of you folks give me quick advice on writing testimony for a state senate hearing? Tomorrow the Texas Senate has the Article V resolution on its agenda. I received the notice to attend from my local CoS group last week but had another obligation. The other thing was postponed and now I can go. My email from the Texas CoS says bring written testimony about 140 words long to present to the clerk. I know what to say about Art V.
But is this written in format like a letter - Dear Sirs, blah blah, blah then sign my name?
Or, do I use some heading? Just write 140 words of what I’d say and sign?
I’ve actually written my 140 words just dont know the format.
First of all, the whole hysteria about a ‘runaway convention’ is pure BS. It takes 38 states to ratify an amendment and the anti-American left control at most 12. Incidentally, this is why PR and DC should never be granted statehood.
Secondly, an Article V Convention is a Convention of States and NOT a Constitutional Convention or Con-Con. A very good Article V organization is known as the Assembly of States. It exists only to get agreement on PROPOSED amendments. Such an assembly has no authority to ratify any amendments that the assembly would approve.
Thirdly, the assembly will be run by rules of order and will elect parliamentarians for the assembly who are familiar with establishing and maintaining order.
Some ILLUSTRATIONS for a new era ‘THE AMERICAN REFORMATION’:
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AMENDMENT XXVIII (State Franchise Sufferage) +++TERM LIMITS+++
To restore effective franchise suffrage of State Legislatures to Congress, the following amendment is proposed:
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Section 1.
A Senator in Congress shall be subject to recall by their respective state legislature or by voter referendum in their respective state.
Section 2.
Term limits for Senators in Congress shall be set by vote in their respective state legislatures but in no case shall be set less than twelve years nor more than eighteen years.
Section 3:
The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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AMENDMENT XXIX (‘Thirty-State Quash Authority’) +++STATE CHECK ON FEDERAL POWER+++
To redress the balance of powers between the federal government and the States, the following amendment is proposed:
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Section 1.
Upon a majority vote in three-fifths of state legislatures, specific federal statutes, federal court decisions and executive directives of any form shall be repealed and made void in any state, territory, or possession of the United States.
Section 2.
State legislatures in agreement with results derived from Section 1 of this amendment shall sign a state quash authority directive delineating the specific federal statutes, federal court decisions or federal executive directives affected, said directive addressed and delivered to the Congress of the United States becoming immediately effective as of the date of delivery.
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This second illustration labeled as XXIX is written to provide a check on a future ‘Obama’ and a licentious USSC.
Note that these illustrations are written SO THAT THE STATES ARE GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY. Amendments should be written so that it is clear that the federal government has no mandate regarding the interpretation or selective enforcement or non-enforcement of these types of amendments.
For example, the flawed 10th Amendment leaves all powers not enumerated in the US Constitution to the States or to the People. However, there is no mechanism left to the states to check the federal government with the 10th Amendment save for the appointment of US Senators by state legislatures which was abolished under the 17th Amendment. As it is, the 10th Amendment jurisdiction is left to the federal judiciary without any voice or role for the States. The result of these compounded flaws has yielded a highly centralized federal government whereby power is attained by an enormous federal government and funded by the Federal Reserve.
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AMENDMENT XXX (‘Sunset and Repeal of the 16th Amendment’) +++FALL BACK ON ORIGINAL TAX PROVISIONS+++
To facilitate age-of-awareness connectivity to the necessary task of funding the federal government of the United States:
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Section 1.
All forms of federal taxation in the United States, and unto to territories of its jurisdiction, that are derived under the authority of the sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be abolished by April 16, 2022 and shall be repealed immediately.
Section 2.
As of April 16, 2022, the sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 3:
Enforcement of federal tax liabilities shall cease as of January 1, 2025 with exceptions granted to active judicial proceedings initiated before January 1, 2025.
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By ‘Age Of Awareness’ means technologies of connectivity. These technologies did not exist in the 19th century and after to the year 1913 which marked the installation of the 16th Amendment. Had such suitable technology existed, the 16th Amendment would never have been installed. The 16th Amendment is in fact, a poor design proffered by persons of poor judgment. It is completely unsuitable in the Age of Awareness and Connectivity.
I should have read a little longer into your post. 140 words doesn’t leave much. Here’s a try:
John Doe, Amarillo, Tx (xxx-xxx-xxxx) (email)
An Article V process by States is not a Constitutional Convention or “Con-Con”. An Article V process has no authority to ratify any constitutional amendment thereby making it a part of the Constitution.
We need term limits on and a right, by legislative or public vote, to recall our US Senators. We need to repeal the 17th Amendment to restore state voices in the US Senate. We need 30 states to be able to void anything the federal government does short of war extremis. We need to repeal the 16th amendment.
That’s about 92 words.
You can either give a paragraph strip or a letter. Give both to the clerk, let them hash it out.
Good luck.
<>But is this written in format like a letter - Dear Sirs, blah blah, blah then sign my name?<>
Sure. Why not? You are a respectful citizen addressing servants. God bless you. Let us all know how it turns out!