Reply #215: ND Passes - LA Considers ALEC National Debt Relief Amendment (NDRA) - ND SCR 4007 in LA no #

[Hector Solon]

...should probably start new thread for this National Debt Relief Amendment, going to be more of these. But post individual states as they come on board here for tracking purposes.

North Dakota the First to Pass New Tactic Against Federal Debt
Budget, Constitution, Featured — By Fergus Hodgson
April 12, 2011
http://www.thepelicanpost.org/2011/04/12/north-dakota-the-first-to-pass-new-tactic-against-federal-debt/

NEW ORLEANS, La. – An amendment that would mandate state approval of federal debt has achieved a major milestone towards ratification. On Thursday, North Dakota became the first state legislature to approve a convention for ratification of the National Debt Relief Amendment.
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At least seven other states, including Louisiana, either have pending resolutions or legislative sponsors for the same proposed amendment. Rep. Kirk Talbot (R – River Ridge) and Rep. Nick Lorusso (R – New Orleans) have agreed to introduce the NDRA resolution into the Louisiana legislature, which reads:
“An increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate States.”
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The American Legislative Exchange Council, the nation’s largest nonpartisan association of state legislators, has endorsed the NDRA and in January released model legislation. Noble Ellington (R – Winnsboro), a third Louisiana representative, is chair of ALEC, and he too has voiced his support for the National Debt Relief Amendment.
Additionally, the Goldwater Institute {Heritage 'franchise' in AZ}, a nonpartisan Arizona-based policy institute, has lead educational events and published research on how the amendments convention would proceed.
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Many organizations that support restrained federal debt harbor fears of a runaway amendments convention – that it could radically change the U.S. Constitution. The John Birch Society and the Eagle Forum, for example, have worked against NDRA resolutions in Utah, Missouri, and Arizona. Matthew Spalding, a constitutional scholar with the Heritage Foundation, has also described the Article V process as dubious, unpredictable, and inclined to ongoing litigation.

Booth says restoringfreedom.org and the Goldwater Institute are working to debunk the “myths” surrounding the amendments convention. (Click below for one of restoringfreedom.org’s such videos.)

EXAMPLE video provided LINK:
Debunking the Myths of a Runaway Convention
by RestoringFreedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc9MysYWj68

North Dakota State Senator Curtis Olafson (R – Edinburg) sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolution 4007.
Lousianna State Rep. Noble Ellington (R – Winnsboro) is LA State Chair of ALEC

NOTE: ALEC's 38th Annual Meeting called "Solutions For The States" will be New Orleans, Louisiana, at the beginning of August.