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South Dakota Senate Passes Convention of States Application


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South Dakota Senate Passes Convention of States Application


Pierre, South Dakota – January 21, 2025 – In a decisive move to address concerns about federal overreach and corruption, the South Dakota Senate recently passed the Convention of States application. The vote, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, resulted in a 23-9 approval, marking a pivotal advancement in the effort to call an Article V convention.

This victory comes shortly after the Senate State Affairs Committee passed the bill last week, highlighting a consistent push from within the state legislature to curb what some describe as federal tyranny. 

If the South Dakota House of Representatives follows suit, the state will become the 20th to join the Convention of States movement, aimed at proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would limit federal spending, power, and terms of office.

“I want to congratulate the amazing team in South Dakota for making this monumental victory a reality,” reacted Convention of States Senior Vice President for Legislative Affairs Rita Peters. “Today, South Dakota has taken a bold step forward in the fight to restore balance to our federal system.”

This legislative achievement is seen as a significant milestone for the Convention of States movement, which continues to gain traction across the nation. Advocates are hopeful that this momentum will carry over to the House and beyond, ensuring South Dakota’s place in the broader national effort to reclaim the principles of limited government and self-governance. 

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Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare. As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D. Family Physician Newport Beach, CA
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