SCR2 applies to the United States Congress to convene a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this convention would be to propose an amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress.
The Louisiana State House of Representatives passed SCR2 on May 13, 2024 by a vote of 81 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because efforts to call an Article V convention should be resisted. The States should act immediately to nullify all unconstitutional federal laws, which Louisiana legislators have done previously, rather than risk a constitutional convention. Simply following the U.S. Constitution’s limitations on federal power would make term limits irrelevant. Article V was designed to correct potential errors or defects in the Constitution, not the failure of elected officials to uphold their oath of office.
