This is the third part to my proposed constitutional amendment. The first and second parts were printed in the Aug. 12 and Sept. 10 editions of the Times-Union.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Nullification) Continued
Section 6-Group Veto-Consequences of an Approval of an Act of Nullification
An act of nullification once approved by a simple majority of the total state legislatures of the Union shall immediately go into effect throughout the whole Union and remain permanently in force unless reversed; by a ratified constitutional amendment, or an act of repeal of an approved act of nullification by a simple majority of the total state legislatures by a simple majority vote in each state legislature, or a decision of the Constitutional Arbitration Assembly.
Section 7-Group Veto-Restrictions on Acts of Nullification
An act of nullification approved by a simple majority of the total state legislatures cannot retroactively repeal any part or whole of any executive order, legislative act, judicial ruling, ratified international treaties, or bureaucratic regulations approved by the federal government before the ratification of this constitutional amendment.
An act of nullification whether de jure or de facto cannot be approved by a locality, county or an individual state government.
An act of nullification cannot repeal any part or whole of the Constitution.
An act of nullification cannot interfere with the legitimate constitutional functions of the federal government as outlined in the ratified Constitution of 1789.
An act of nullification approved by a simple majority of the total state legislatures shall not infringe upon the fundamental natural and constitutional rights of the inhabitants and citizens of those states and the rest of the Union.
An act of nullification cannot dissolve the democratic constitutional republics at the national, state and local levels and move them toward authoritarian or totalitarian dictatorships.
Any act of nullification that violates the above six clauses of this section of this constitutional amendment is unconstitutional and therefore an illegal and unenforceable act throughout the whole union.
The conclusion to my proposed amendment will follow shortly.
