An independent constitutional arbitration assembly shall be formed to settle any disputes between the states and the federal government over an approved act of nullification. The Constitutional Arbitration Assembly shall consist of one legal and constitutional scholar in good standing selected by lottery from the voter registration rolls in each state. An assembly decision in favor or against a disputed act of nullification must be passed by a simple majority vote in the Arbitration Assembly within a one-year time limit. The decision of the Constitutional Arbitration Assembly shall be considered final unless amended by a ratified constitutional amendment.
As I stated in my Aug. 12 letter to the Times-Union, readers of the letters to the editor column are welcome to use this amendment in any future correspondence with their elected federal officials in regards to urging them to add an additional barrier to our system of checks and balances in our democratic constitutional republic, which is something I believe that most Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Libertarians would be in favor of doing.
