Amendment ASA1-AJR67

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 67

March 4, 1998 - Offered by Representative Underheim.

AJR67-ASA1,1,2 Relating to: memorializing the United State Congress to cease certain activities of the United Nations and directing distribution.

AJR67-ASA1,1,3 Whereas, the United States is an independent, sovereign nation; and

AJR67-ASA1,1,6 Whereas, Article VI of the United States Constitution states that "all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land"; and

AJR67-ASA1,1,8 Whereas, the ratification of the United Nations Charter (Treaty) violates the United States Constitution; and

AJR67-ASA1,1,13 Whereas, chapter VI of the United Nations Charter requires all member nations to contribute what is needed to keep peace, including armed military personnel, effectively putting our troops under foreign command, and this is in direct conflict with Article II, Section 2, of the United States Constitution, which states that only the President is Commander in Chief of the armed forces; and

AJR67-ASA1,2,5 Whereas, chapters IX and X of the United Nations Charter give the United Nations the authority to enforce domestic policy dealing with equal employment, human rights, economic development, cultural matters and matters relating to health, and this is in direct conflict with the powers enumerated for the United States Congress in the United States Constitution Article I, Section 8; and

AJR67-ASA1,2,9 Whereas, chapter XVI of the United Nations Charter, including Articles 102 to 105, gives the United Nations the right to "physically come onto or occupy the land territory of a member state, for the fulfillment of its" purposes, and this is in direct conflict with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and

AJR67-ASA1,2,12 Whereas, the above examples illustrate a direct conflict between the United States Constitution and the United Nations Charter, so that a Supreme Court ruling is needed to decide which document takes precedence; now, therefore, be it

AJR67-ASA1,2,15 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That, at the request of certain citizens, the legislature of the state of Wisconsin memorializes the United States Congress to stop appropriating funds to the United Nations; and, be it further

AJR67-ASA1,2,21 Resolved, That the legislature of the state of Wisconsin directs the attorney general of the state of Wisconsin to file in the United States Supreme Court a complaint for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief and equitable relief against the U.N. secretary general and the United Nations organization, with the authority of original jurisdiction, Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further

AJR67-ASA1,3,2 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to the clerk of the United States house of representatives, to the clerk of the United States senate, to the secretary of state of the United States and to each member of the congressional delegation of the state of Wisconsin.

AJR67-ASA1,3,3 (End)