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North Dakota "Rejection of Unconstitutional Actions" Amendment (2016)
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| Type | Amendment |
| Origin | North Dakota legislature |
| Topic | Federal constitutional issues |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
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The North Dakota Rejection of Unconstitutional Actions Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in North Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have provided that the use of state personnel and financial resources are employed only for purposes congruent with the United States Constitution.[1]
In the North Dakota Legislature, the amendment was titled House Concurrent Resolution No. 3022.[2]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, North Dakota Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 23 of Article I of the North Dakota Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the measure's approval:[1]
1. The state of North Dakota is an inseparable part of the American union and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land to which all government, state and federal, is subject.
2. To protect the people's freedom and to preserve the checks and balances of the Constitution of the United States, this state may exercise its sovereign authority to restrict the actions of its personnel and the use of its financial resources to purposes that are consistent with the Constitution of the United States by:
- a. Passage of an initiative or referendum pursuant to section 1 of article III;
- b. A law enacted by the legislative assembly; or
- c. Pursuing any other available legal remedy.
3. If the people or the legislative assembly exercise authority pursuant to this section, this state and all political subdivisions are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the designated federal action or program.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the North Dakota Constitution
A simple majority vote in both chambers of the North Dakota Legislature would have been required to refer this amendment to the ballot. House Concurrent Resolution No. 3022 was introduced into the legislature on January 29, 2015. The bill failed on second reading by a 16-to-30 vote in the Senate on March 26, 2015.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Dakota Legislature, "House Concurrent Resolution No. 3022," accessed February 5, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 North Dakota Legislature, "Bill Actions for HCR 3022," accessed February 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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