HJR11 (2014) Detail

Petitioning Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that rights extended by the constitution intended for people are granted only to human beings.


HJR 11 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2303

03/08

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11

A RESOLUTION petitioning the Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that rights extended by the constitution intended for people are granted only to human beings.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ulery, Hills 37

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

ANALYSIS

This joint resolution petitions the Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that rights extended by the constitution intended for people are granted only to human beings.

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14-2303

03/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

A RESOLUTION petitioning the Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that rights extended by the constitution intended for people are granted only to human beings.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

Whereas, under Article V of the Constitution of the United States, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states the Congress shall call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing amendments; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

That pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the New Hampshire general court makes application to the Congress of the United States of America to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for submission to the states for ratification as follows: “That the rights extended by this Constitution, intended for people, refer to and are granted only to natural human beings of the species homo sapiens”; and

That if Congress adopts, within 90 days after the legislatures of two-thirds of the states have made application for such convention, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States similar in subject matter to that contained in this resolution, then this application for a convention shall no longer be of any force or effect; and

That this application and request be deemed null and void, rescinded, and of no effect in the event that such convention not be limited to the aforementioned specific and exclusive purpose of limiting to human beings rights granted to persons in the Constitution; and

That this application shall be deemed null and void, rescinded, and of no effect in the event the United States Supreme Court rules that a convention cannot be limited to the subject stated in 34 such applications; and

That this application by the New Hampshire general court constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application for a similar convention pursuant to Article V or Congress has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States similar in subject matter to that contained in this concurrent resolution; and

That certified copies of this concurrent resolution be transmitted by the house clerk to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to each member of the New Hampshire delegation to the Congress, and to the presiding officer of each house of each state legislature in the United States.