In a major victory for the U.S. Constitution, the California Legislature (in a rare good move) has rescinded all its applications for an Article V constitutional convention.
Last month, the Legislature unanimously passed Senate Joint Resolution 1 (SJR 1), which declares:
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That all applications previously made by the Legislature of the State of California for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution are hereby rescinded, nullified, and superseded.
SJR 1 rescinds seven Con-Con applications passed between 1911 and 2023, including:
- A 1949 application for an amendment authorizing U.S. participation in a “world federal government”;
- A 2014 Wolf-PAC application to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) and, by extension, limit the First Amendment; and
- A 2023 application for an amendment imposing draconian federal gun control.
Although this is a major victory, it’s essential that other state legislatures follow suit. Contact your state legislators, and urge them to rescind any live applications for a convention. Additionally, if any resolutions for new Con-Con applications are pending in your state’s legislature, urge your legislators to reject them.
