Wolfpack Legislation 2019

Wolfpack Invitational Legislation 2019

A Bill to Impeach the President

1. WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath of
2. office, has prevented, obstructed and impeded the administration of justice during a
3. federal investigation and,
4. WHEREAS, Mr. Trump has violated campaign finance laws by being instrumental in
5. arranging illegal payments to effectively quiet women with whom he was involved in
6. extra-marital affairs and,
7. WHEREAS, Mr. Trump has colluded with foreign agents to influence the outcome of
8.  The 2016 presidential election.
9. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE
10.  ASSEMBLED THAT:
11. Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and
12.  misdemeanors and that these articles of impeachment be conveyed to the United States
13.  Senate.

A Bill to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage 

1. WHEREAS: The last time the Federal Minimum Wage was increased was in 2009,
2. during the Great Recession and,
3. WHEREAS: A year of full time work under the current Federal Minimum Wage
4. amounts to just over $15,000, forcing many to turn to other means, such as
5. government assistance, to support themselves or their families and,
6. WHEREAS: The current Federal Minimum Wage has caused both a drop in
7. national median income and the size of the middle class to shrink and,
8. WHEREAS: Many companies, cities, and states across the nation have already
9. begun to raise the hourly minimum wage,
10. BE IT ENACTED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS THAT:
11. SECTION 1: The Federal Minimum Wage will be raised to $10.00 per hour.
12. SECTION 2: All employers in violation shall be fined $10,000 per worker earning
13. under the minimum wage
14. SECTION 3: The Department of Labor will be responsible for the implementation
15. and enforcement of this legislation.
16. SECTION 4: This bill will go into effect on January 1, 2020.
17. SECTION 5: All other pieces of legislation in conflict with this bill are hereby
18. declared null and void.

A Bill to Restrict Domestic Data Collection

1. WHEREAS: Warrantless domestic data collection remains a significant and
2. controversial problem in the United States; and,
3. WHEREAS: Hundreds of millions of phone calls, text messages, emails, and other
4. communications from both American citizens and foreign citizens have been gathered under
5. the authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Siurveillance Act; and,
6. WHEREAS: Section 702 allows warrantless surveillance of people inside and outside of
7. the United States; and,
8. WHEREAS: There is evidence that Section 702 has been abused by U.S. intelligence
9. agencies; and
10. WHEREAS: there are no measures that prevent Section 702 from being used agains
11. political critics, social activists or communities of color,
12. THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS THAT:
13. SECTION 1: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is hereby
14. repealed.
15. SECTION 2: FISA will undergo a complete audit of protocols and norms to insure that
16. domestic privacy rights are not being violated.
17. SECTION 3: The implementation of this legislation and the proposed audit shall be
18. overseen by the Department of Justice.
19. SECTION 4: This legislation shall go into effect immediately on its passage.
20. SECTION 5: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared
21. Null and void.

A Resolution to Terminate Military Aid to Saudi Arabia 

1. WHEREAS, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has been fueling a corrupt
2. government and using violence against his political opponents and,
3. WHEREAS, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is a clear violation of human rights
4. And a violation of American’s humanitarian standards, signaling a turning point in the
5. relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and,
6. WHEREAS, Saudi Arabia has used U.S. military aid to fuel jihadist attacks in
7. surrounding countries causing mass destruction and death, destabilizing the region.
8. BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS THAT:
9. All U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia cease, including any unfunded pledges of military support. 

A Resolution to Amend the Consitution

to Reform the U.S. Supreme Court

1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
2. that the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United
3. States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution
4. when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven
5. years from the date of its submission by the Congress:
6. SECTION 1: Before March 1 of each odd-numbered year the President shall
7. appoint a Justice of the Supreme Court who shall, upon confirmation by the Senate,
8. replace the longest serving member of the Court. The new Justice shall be seated
9. before the Court’s session begins in October. It is the intention of this amendment
10. that a rotation of Justices be established so that each serves, as near as possible, an
11. eighteen year term.
12. SECTION 2: In the event that a vacancy on the court occurs before the scheduled
13. time of a new replacement, the president shall appoint and Senate confirm a Justice to
14.  replace the vacant seat and skip the next scheduled replacement. No President may
15.  appoint more than two Justices during a four year term of office
16. SECTION 3: The Chief Justice shall be chosen by a vote of the nine justices after
17. the seating of a new Justice, and shall serve a two-year renewable term.

 A Resolution to Produce Protection for Borders and Dreamers

1. WHEREAS: After the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
2. (DACA), Democrats made it a priority on their agenda to reinstate a program to
3. help those affected  and,
4. WHEREAS: President Trump has threatened to shut down the government if he
5. does not receive funding for his proposed border wall and,
6. WHEREAS: President Trump and numerous Congressmen and women have
7. proposed a  deal to establish both funding for the border wall and the DACA
8. program and,
9. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED
10. THAT:
11. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is to be reinstituted while $2
12. billion will be deferred from the Department of Defense to a new budget to pay for
13. President Trump’s proposed border wall.

A Resolution to Reduce Income Inequality

1. WHEREAS: income inequality in the United States is growing more severe with
2. each passing year; and,
3. WHEREAS, the top 1% of earners in the United States average over 40 times as
4. much income as the bottom 90%; and,
5. WHEREAS, in the year 2017, the average CEO salary was $13,940,000, an income
6. 361 times greater than the average worker; and,
7. WHEREAS, the average CEO salary have grown by 1000% since the 1950s; and,
8. WHEREAS, 39.7 million people lived in poverty in 2017
9. BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS THAT:
10. Any corporate CEO salary may not exceed 50 times the amount of the lowest salary for a
11.  full-time employee of the corporation.