<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A joint resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>calling for the Congress of the United States to call an amendment convention <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to propose a constitutional <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amendment permitting repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>of the state legislatures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, Article I of the United States Constitution begins "All legislative powers <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>herein granted shall be vested in a Congress"; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>WHEREAS, the Congress has exceeded the legislative powers granted in the Constitution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>thereby encroaching on the powers that are "reserved to the states respectively, or to the people" <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>as the Tenth Amendment affirms and the rights "retained by the people" to which the Ninth <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Amendment refers; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>WHEREAS, this encroachment includes the accumulation of federal debt, which combined <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>with interest represents a future tax, and is of such great proportion that responsibility for its <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>payment will be passed to future, unborn generations of Americans to assume without their <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>consent, thereby disparaging their rights; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, this encroachment also includes compelling state and local governments to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>comply with federal laws and regulations without accompanying funding for such mandates; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>WHEREAS, in Federalist No. 85, Alexander Hamilton wrote in reference to Article V <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>of the Constitution and the calling of a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>that "We may safely rely on the disposition of the state legislatures to erect barriers against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>encroachments of the national authority"; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, the Constitution should be amended in order to halt federal encroachment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>restore a proper balance between the powers of Congress and those of the several states, and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>prevent the denial or disparagement of the rights retained by the people; NOW, THEREFORE,<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Minnesota that they hereby apply and make application to the Congress of the United States to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>call an amendment convention pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>limited purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures, and the Minnesota delegation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>such convention, when called, shall propose the following amendment: "Any provision of law <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>to be repealed"; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Minnesota reserves its right to add future <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>amendments as the legislature deems warranted to this application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that delegates to such convention, when called, be selected <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>according to procedures established by the legislatures of the several states; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of Minnesota is directed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>prepare copies of this resolution and transmit it to the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>House of Representatives, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>States Secretary of State, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress. <br />
         		
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