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PAG LIN
1 1 That the Congress of the United States is hereby petitioned
1 2 to propose and submit to the several states for ratification
1 3 an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to add a
1 4 new article providing as follows: "Neither the Supreme Court
1 5 nor any inferior court of the United States shall have the
1 6 power to instruct or order a state or a political subdivision
1 7 thereof, or an official of such a state or political
1 8 subdivision, to levy or increase taxes"; and
1 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a
1 10 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the
1 11 Constitution of the United States; and
1 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the
1 13 State of Iowa also proposes that the legislatures of each of
1 14 the several states comprising the United States that have not
1 15 yet made a similar request petition the United States Congress
1 16 to propose such an amendment to the Constitution of the United
1 17 States; and
1 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, the Chief Clerk
1 19 of the House of Representatives transmit copies of this
1 20 Resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
1 21 States, the Speaker of the United States House of
1 22 Representatives, the presiding officer in each house of the
1 23 legislature in each of the states in the union, and each
1 24 member of the Iowa congressional delegation.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 This joint resolution constitutes a petition requesting the
1 27 United States Congress to propose an amendment to the United
1 28 States Constitution and submit it to the states specifying
1 29 that no court has the power to order a state or political
1 30 subdivision of a state to levy or increase taxes.
1 31 LSB 5770HC 79
1 32 sc/sh/8
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