The Real "constitutional amendment" Brewing

State Resolution Creates 'Insurance Policy' Against Martial Law, by Julie Foster - © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com

An Arizona state legislative committee has approved a resolution calling for the dissolution of the federal government in the event that it abolishes the US Constitution, declares martial law or confiscates firearms -- scenarios some say are not unrealistic. Critics of the resolution, however, call the measure a "total waste of time."

Karen Johnson, Arizona state representative, a Mesa Republican and chair of the House Committee on Federal Mandates and States' Rights, authored the resolution which the committee approved 3-2. Only the committee's vice-chair, Republican Rep. Gail Griffin, abstained from voting.

Specifically, House Concurrent Resolution 2034 outlines the origin of the United States, emphasizing the sovereignty of the states and their constitutional right to "establish a new federal government for themselves by following the precedent established by Article VII, Constitution of the United States, in which nine of the existing thirteen states dissolved the existing Union under the Articles of Confederation and automatically
superceded the Articles."

It also articulates constitutional violations committed by the federal government as justification for the measure, saying "... the fifty current principals, or signatories, to the Constitution, have done well in honoring and obeying it, yet the federal agent has, for decades, violated it in both word and spirit. The many violations of the Constitution of the United States by the federal government include disposing of federal property without the approval of Congress, usurping jurisdiction from the states in such matters as abortion and firearms rights and seeking control of public lands within state borders," says the resolution.

By adopting HRC 2034, Arizona states its intention to dissolve the current federal government with the approval of 34 other states and, in essence, start over. Participating states would re-ratify and re-establish the present Constitution "as the charter for the formation of a new federal government, to be followed by the election of a new Congress and President and the reorganization of a new judiciary," in keeping with the original intent of the "founding fathers." Individual members of the military will return to their respective states and report to the governor until a new president is elected.

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3/4ths of the states number 37.5, the number needed to ratify any amendment to the Constitution.

Notice Arizona points to the federal government, not the republicans or the democrats.

A state declared its intention to secede from the Union, with the support of other states, before the actual secession happened, once, not so long ago, actually.

The idea of taking your martial law and shoving it is NOT a good advertisement to bolster Bush's cause during these troubled times.