Letter from Attorney Lapiscopo to Rep. Tim Stine
TO: ALL
FROM Dan Druck, Council on Domestic Relations
The following is a text transcript of a letter written from
California Attorney Peter D. Lepiscopo to the Rep. Timothy Stine
(Louisiana) regarding his revised opinion about the dangers of the
COS. Original fax copies can be obtained by calling (217) 854-4008
or by faxing your request to (217) 854-4343. (donations sent to
Council on Domestic Relations, P.O. Box 138, Carlinville, Illinois
62626 are appreciated)
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Law Office of
PETER D. LEPISCOPO
SUITE 10M
2635 CAMINO DEL RIO SOUTH
SAN DIEGO, CALlFORNIA 92108
TELEPHONE(619) 299-5343
FACSIMlLE (619) 299-4767
March 31, 1995
VIA FACSIMlLE (318-527-2712)
TO: THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY STINE and HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
Dear Representative Stine:
I appreciate the time you spent with a last night discussing the
issue of the Conference of the States. Thank you.
I have herewith transmitted all my comunications with the
California Senate, which, as you know, voted on March 22rd to
reject the Conference of the states. I have also transmitted a
copy of U. S. Senate resolution S. R. 82, which calls for a
Conference of the States and mentions convening a constitutional
convention.
I would like to memorialize my position once again: I am not
adverse to returning federal power to it's proper sphere (i.e.,
decentralizing it from Washington to the States, as it was
intended by the Founders); nor am I adverse to the 10th Amendment
movement in this country; nor am I adverse to state legislators
and governors meeting to discuss this issue.
My position is simply this I do not believe it is necessary for
state legislatures to pass resolutions sanctioning any such
meeting and I am concerned about convening a constitutional
convention (I believe the Constitution is perfect as written, but
the federal judiciary refuses to comply with it's dictates). This
is the danger I address in my opinion letter. Furthermore, and as
I tried to clarify last evening, I do not believe the amendments I
proposed in my opinion letter are fail safe; as I concluded in my
opinion I would vote against legislative sanctioning of the
Conference of the States.
Finally, if the Committee would like further testimony prior to
sending the resolution to the floor for a vote, then I will make
myself available to the committee by telephone conference call.
Very Truly Yours,
LAW OFFICES OF PETER D. LEPISCOPO
[signature]
Peter D. Lepiscopo
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