April 13, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Walsh, Wayne Schmidt, Knollenberg, Daley, Stamas, Denby, Tyler, Bolger, Opsommer, Meekhof, Marleau, Hansen, Haines, Lund, DeShazor, Pavlov, Moore, Rocca, Horn, Calley, McMillin, Rick Jones, Haveman, Kowall, Lori, Proos, Crawford, Booher, Ball, Paul Scott and Rogers and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A joint resolution to petition the congress of the United
States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the
constitution of the United States to require that congress shall
make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that
does not apply equally to the members of the United States Senate
or members of the United States House of Representatives and
congress shall make no law that applies to the members of the
United States Senate or members of the United States House of
Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the
United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That pursuant to article V of the constitution
of the United States, the legislature of the state of Michigan
petitions the congress of the United States of America, at its
session, to call a convention for the specific and exclusive
purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United
States requiring that congress shall make no law that applies to
the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to
the members of the United States Senate or members of the United
States House of Representatives and congress shall make no law that
applies to the members of the United States Senate or members of
the United States House of Representatives that does not apply
equally to the citizens of the United States.
Resolved further, That certified copies of this joint
resolution be transmitted by the secretary of state to the
president of the United States Senate, to the speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, and to each member of this state's
delegation to the congress and that printed copies be sent to each
house of each state legislature in the United States.