Arkansas State Sovereignty & Rescinding Application on Constitutional Convention

Secure Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas - HCR1011 addressing State Sovereignty - 10th Amendment bill and HCR1022 addressing the stopping of a call 30 years ago for a constitution convention made it through the Arkansas House committee yesterday. Both bills now move on to the full House for a vote and hopefully on to the Senate. Time is short. We need them to pass! Please email and call your state Representatives RIGHT NOW to urge approval of both of these bills. Also, call your Senators, because if these pass the House, they'll go right to the Senate. Contact your Arkansas Representative and Senator: House: 501-682-6211 Senate: 501-682-2902

HCR1022 (Hobbs) TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT IT CALL A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO BALANCE THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Just a little bit about the Constitutional Convention. This bill is to rescind the application by the 1979 Arkansas General Assembly to the Congress of the United States to call a Constitutional Convention to balance the public debt. This call was made 30 years ago when the chance of maintaining our liberties was still viable. However, since there is no way to limit the actions of a Constitutional Convention, it would be very risky to hold one and to see them abandoned our Bill of Rights. There is no way to insure that a convention would obey and stick to one subject. After convened, it would be too late to stop it if we would not like its agenda. Whatever gain might be hoped for would not be worth the risk involved. Yes, it would be ideal if the Federal Government would balance the public debt, but it should not take an amendment to the Constitution to do it

HCR1011 (Hobbs) CLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER THE TENTH AMENDMENT.
The 10th Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights, states that, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." HCR1011 is a resolution that would enable Arkansas to reclaim its 10th Amendment right to reject any and all acts of Congress that go beyond its enumerated powers in violation of the 10th Amendment. We are telling the federal government that we are a sovereign state and want to be treated as such. We are not a branch of the federal government.

It is inconceivable that a State Representative would not treasure States Rights. Voting for a simple bill that makes the statement that the people of Arkansas believe in, support and expect our States Rights to be honored, is the patriotic action we would expect of our elected officials. Please contact these legislators and ask them to vote YES regarding our state rights!!

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