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in the hopes that more people will join the fight against the COS
or Conference of the States, which is a vieled constitutional
convention call.

State Senator Duke came to Pennsylvania last week to testify in front
a Pennsylvania State House Committee to discuss the COS resolution that
has already passed the Pennsylvania Senate on voice vote only 47 yea to
2 nea.  This resolution which will be posted at a later date, is going
through the state houses of almost all 50 states.  Many states have passed
this in both houses, and some have only gotten it through one house.

In Pennsylvania, we have derailed this con-con call only temporarily and
it has only happened because dedicated people have taken the time to
educate their representatives who after being told the truth, took their
name off of any sponsoring material.  INFORMATION and the free flow of
the truth are paramount in this battle.  And this is a battle.  Read the
text of what Senator Duke has to say.  He was given 5 minutes to speak
his mind in Pennsylvania even after flying all night to be at the hearing.

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                                                 January 23, 1995
                                                 DUKE
                                                 [phone]
                                                 [phone]

                                By Charles R. Duke
                         Colorado State Senator - District 9

              For some time now there has been a movement afoot in this
         nation for states to call for a Constitutional Convention
         (Con-Con).  To date, 32 states have made a request for a Con-Con
         by passing a joint resolution through their state legislative
         bodies.  Colorado is one of these, having passed Senate Joint
         Memorial 1 in 1978.
              There are many, this writer among them, who believe this
         would be a very serious mistake.  Usually, the Con-Con
         (sometimes called Philadelphia II) is proposed to meet in
         Philadelphia and the document most often suggested to replace
         our present Constitution is the Newstates Constitution, which
         will be the subject of a future column.
              There are three states which have rescinded their request.
         The promoters of the Con-Con, however, contend that passing a
         joint resolution to rescind that state's request does not
         actually alleviate the fact that the request was in fact made.
         It is the same philosophy that says you cannot unring a bell.
              At least one of these three (Nevada) included in their
         rescission resolution the direction to return to the official
         records for 1979, which was the year Nevada adopted their
         request (SJR 8) for a Con-Con, draw a black border around the
         portion of the journal which contained SJR 8, and write the
         words, "Expunged by order of the Assembly this 24th day of June,
         1989", across the face of the record.  The effect of this, which
         passed the Nevada Assembly in 1989, is to actually remove from
         the historical record the request itself.  This should place
         Nevada in a stronger position legally to deny that its request
         for a Con-Con is any longer valid.
              For a Con-Con to happen, it must have been requested by 34
         states.  Depending on your viewpoint concerning rescissions, we
         are either 2 short or 5 short of that moment.  The promoters of
         Philadelphia II have been unable to secure the final two states.
         You will see why when you see more details of the Newstates
         Constitution.
              As the States' Rights Movement gains momentum across
         America, there have been and will continue to be attempts to
         stop or sidetrack the movement.  In general, Philadelphia II
         promoters are moving in the opposite direction from state
         sovereignty.
              A clever but insidious device created by Governor Michael
         Leavitt of Utah last year calls for a Conference of States
         (COS).  This idea was picked up by a lobbying organization
         known as the Council of State Governments (CSG), which may be
         thought of as the ultimate government lobbying agency.  Its
         members, with memberships paid by tax dollars, belong to all
         levels of government, from state to county to city.  Late last
         year, the idea of the COS was endorsed by the National
         Governor's Conference.
              This COS is an extremely dangerous action to take.  An
         officially sanctioned meeting by 38 states has the power, if it
         wishes, to turn itself into a Con-Con by simply passing a
         resolution to that effect.  It derives this power from the Tenth
         Amendment, which fundamentally says that states have any power
         they wish, so long as it is not prohibited by the Constitution.
         The COS differs from other national meetings that might be held
         because the appointment of the delegates and the state
         endorsement of the meeting are by a resolution from your
         legislature, most unusual.
              As further evidence, CSG speaks of the need for
         "structural, long-term changes" to government being needed.  It
         is proposed that COS be held in Philadelphia in the late Summer
         or early Fall of 1995.  Gov. Leavitt's own position paper on the
         COS states that our national government is "outdated and old-
         fashioned."  He states, "It is not suited for the fast-paced,
         high-tech, global marketplace we are entering.  There is a much
         better way."
              In the Colorado general Assembly, we have Senate Joint
         Resolution 9, introduced on January 19, 1995, by Senator Jeff
         Wells, the Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate.  It is
         Colorado's request to participate in the COS.  Our delegation
         would consist of seven members, one from the Governor's office
         and three each appointed by the Speaker of the House and the
         President of the Senate.
              It is said their work will have to be ratified by the
         states, and people no doubt think that means the Legislature.
         But our Constitution permits ratifying conventions to ratify
         changes or replacement of our Constitution, completely bypassing
         the state legislatures.  The COS could decide all these matters
         in convention, including the appointment of delegates to a
         ratifying convention.
              SJR 9 represents a process that should be defeated.  The
         last Conference of the States that was called in 1786 ultimately
         resulted in a new Constitution.  Although that document was
         momentous, many participants in that conference warned us not to
         let it happen again.  The Con-Con con must be stopped.

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