Bill Text: IL SJR0026 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Rescinds Illinois' ratification of the Corwin Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0026-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Rescinds Illinois' ratification of the Corwin Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0026-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, On February 27, 1861, in an attempt to avert the | ||||||
3 | secession of Southern states, United States Representative | ||||||
4 | Thomas Corwin of Ohio proposed an amendment to the United | ||||||
5 | States Constitution that would prohibit the United States | ||||||
6 | Constitution from being amended in a manner that authorizes | ||||||
7 | Congress to abolish or interfere with the states' domestic | ||||||
8 | institutions, including slavery; and
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9 | WHEREAS, On March 2, 1861, the Corwin Amendment was | ||||||
10 | approved by a joint resolution of the United States Congress | ||||||
11 | (12 Stat. 251) and was submitted to the states for | ||||||
12 | ratification; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The Twenty-Third General Assembly ratified the | ||||||
14 | Corwin Amendment in "An Act ratifying a certain amendment to | ||||||
15 | the Constitution of the United States", in force June 2, 1863 | ||||||
16 | (Public Laws 1863, p. 41); and
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17 | WHEREAS, The Corwin Amendment was not ratified by | ||||||
18 | three-fourths of the states and, therefore, is not part of the | ||||||
19 | United States Constitution; and
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20 | WHEREAS, With the end of the Civil War and the ratification | ||||||
21 | of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the |
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1 | purposes of the Corwin Amendment have become moot; therefore, | ||||||
2 | be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
5 | CONCURRING HEREIN, That the State of Illinois rescinds its | ||||||
6 | ratification of the following proposition, known as the Corwin | ||||||
7 | Amendment to the United States Constitution:
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8 | "ARTICLE XIII. | ||||||
9 | No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will | ||||||
10 | authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or | ||||||
11 | interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions | ||||||
12 | thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by | ||||||
13 | the laws of said State."; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a certified copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | forwarded to the Archivist of the United States, the President | ||||||
16 | of the United States, the President pro tempore of the United | ||||||
17 | States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of | ||||||
18 | Representatives, and each member of the Illinois congressional | ||||||
19 | delegation.
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