[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      relative to parental rights.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2009

 Mr. DeMint introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      relative to parental rights.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and 
education of their children is a fundamental right.
    ``Section 2. Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe 
upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as 
applied to the child involved is of the highest order and not otherwise 
served.
    ``Section 3. No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of 
international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply 
to the rights guaranteed by this article.
    ``Section 4. This article shall take effect after the date of 
ratification.''.
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