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ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

Congress of the Wnited States

Howse of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

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April 19, 2016

The Honorable Karen Haas

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol, Room H154

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Madam Clerk,

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114th Congress), I hereby designate the
attached Memorial from the State of Oklahoma, received by the House of Representatives in the
year 2009, as purporting to be a rescission of the State legislature calling for a convention, or
conventions, for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to
Article V, and request that you make it publicly available.

Sincerel,

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


Resolution

ENROLLED SENATE

JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 11 By: Brogdon, Jolley, Newberry
and Stanislawski of the
Senate
and

Dank, Nelson, Reynolds,
Kern, Wright (John) and
Tibbs of the House

wate —A Joint Resolution rescinding applications by the
Legislature to the United States Congress to call a
constitutional convention; and directing
distribution.

WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, 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
a single amendment concerning a specific subject 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 V thereof; and

WHEREAS, Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, Arthur J. Goldberg, former Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, and other leading constitutional
scholars agree that such a convention may propose sweeping changes
to the Constitution, any limitations or restrictions to the contrary
imposed by the states in applying for such a convention
notwithstanding, thereby creating an imminent peril to the well-
established rights of the citizens and the duties of various levels
of government; and



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 a
constitutional convention, and has been interpreted for more than
200 years and has been found to be a sound document which protects
the lives and liberties of the citizens; and

WHEREAS, there is no need for, and in fact, there is great
danger in, a new constitution or in opening the Constitution to
sweeping changes, the adoption of which would only create legal
chaos in this nation and only begin the process of another two
centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

SECTION 1. The Legislature does hereby rescind, repeal, cancel,
nullify and supersede to the same effect as if they had never been
passed, any and all extant applications by the Legislature 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 Article V thereof, regardless of
when or by which session or sessions of the Legislature such
applications were made and regardless of whether such applications
were for a limited convention to propose one or more amendments
regarding one or more specific subjects and purposes or for a
general convention to propose an unlimited number of amendments upon
an unlimited number of subjects.

SECTION 2. The Legislature urges the legislatures of each and
every 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.

SECTION 3. A copy of this resolution shall be distributed 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 of the United States House of
Representatives, to all members of the Oklahoma Congressional
Delegation and to the Administrator of the United States General
Services Administration.

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