PROVIDING FOR RECONSIDERATION AND REVISION OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS — (Senate – June 17, 2010)

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Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S.J. Res. 33, a joint resolution providing for the reconsideration and . . . → Read More: VI Draft Constitution will not go to the electorate unless it complies with the U.S. Constitution

VI Proposed Constitution

Republicans and Democrats  serving as delegates to the Fifth Constitutional Convention strongly objected to the unconstitutional provision of the proposal and voted against it passage.  The V.I. Governor, John P. DeJongh, Jr. even refused to forward on to D.C. the subject document both he and VI Attorney General Frazer deemed in serious violation . . . → Read More: Fifth V.I. Proposed Constitution (Rejected by Congress)

I ran for the position of delegate to the recent Constitutional Convention and presented to the voters a pro-forma draft.  My radio and newspaper ads warned that past failures of a ratifiable V.I. Constitution were the result of drafters refusing to adhere to the enabling legislation from Congress and instead try to insert some radical separatist . . . → Read More: V.I. Model Draft Constitution