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Do not fill this in! === National sovereignty === In the United States, there were concerns about supposed threats to national sovereignty, most notably promoted by the [[John Birch Society]], which mounted a nationwide campaign in opposition to the UN during the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book | author1 = Matthew Lyons | author2 = Chip Berlet | title = Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort | publisher = The Guilford Press | location = New York | year = 2000 | page = [https://archive.org/details/rightwingpopulis00berlrich/page/179 179] | isbn = 978-1-57230-562-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/rightwingpopulis00berlrich/page/179 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Spangler | first1=Jerry D. | last2=Bernick | first2=Bob Jr. | title=John Birch Society forges on in Utah | website=Deseret News | date=June 16, 2003 | url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/6/16/19729070/john-birch-society-forges-on-in-utah | access-date=July 26, 2022 | archive-date=4 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104202206/https://www.deseret.com/2003/6/16/19729070/john-birch-society-forges-on-in-utah | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1=Stewart | first1=Charles J. | date=2002 | title=The Master Conspiracy of the John Birch Society: From Communism to the New World Order | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10570310209374748 | journal=Western Journal of Communication | volume=66 | issue=4 | pages=437β438 | doi=10.1080/10570310209374748 | s2cid=145081268 | access-date=May 20, 2021 | archive-date=4 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104202147/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10570310209374748 | url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in the 1990s, the same concern appeared with the [[American Sovereignty Restoration Act]], which has been introduced multiple times in the [[United States Congress]]. In 1997, an amendment containing the bill received a floor vote, with 54 representatives voting in favor.<ref>{{cite web | title=Roll Call 163 Roll Call 163, Bill Number: H. R. 1757, 105th Congress, 1st Session | website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives | date=June 4, 1997 | url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1997163 | access-date=November 13, 2022 | archive-date=14 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114145848/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1997163 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=H.Amdt.138 to H.R.1757 | website=Congress.gov | url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/house-amendment/138 | access-date=November 13, 2022 | archive-date=14 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114145846/https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/house-amendment/138 | url-status=live }}</ref> The 2007 version of the bill ({{usbill|110|hr|1146}}) was authored by [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ron Paul]], to effect the United States' withdrawal from the United Nations. It would repeal various laws pertaining to the UN, terminate authorization for funds to be spent on the UN, terminate UN presence on American property, and withdraw diplomatic immunity for UN employees.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1224953761.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105033058/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1224953761.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-05|title=Rep. Paul Introduces American Sovereignty Restoration Act|date=1997-03-01|accessdate=2008-04-10|publisher=US Fed News Service|format=subscription}}</ref> It would provide up to two years for the United States to withdraw.<ref name=lamb>{{cite news|url=http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0505/0505uncorral.htm|title=Showdown at the U.N. corral|date=2005-05-16|accessdate=2008-04-11|work=[[Enter Stage Right]]|author=Lamb, Henry|author-link=Sovereignty International|archive-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104202202/http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0505/0505uncorral.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Yale Law Journal]]'' cited the Act as proof that "the United States's complaints against the United Nations have intensified."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://yalelawjournal.org/images/pdfs/216.pdf|title=Law's Migration: American Exceptionalism, Silent Dialogues, and Federalism's Multiple Ports of Entry|date=May 2006|accessdate=2008-04-11|volume=115|issue=7|page=1659|author1-link=Judith Resnik (lawyer)|author=Resnik, Judith|journal=[[Yale Law Journal]]|doi=10.2307/20455664 |jstor=20455664 |s2cid=153301537 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214022424/http://yalelawjournal.org/images/pdfs/216.pdf|archive-date=2011-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most recent iteration, as of 2022, is H.R.7806, introduced by [[Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)|Mike D. Rogers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7806/text |title=H.R.7806 - 117th Congress (2019-2020): American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress |publisher=govtrack.us |date=17 May 2022 |accessdate=2022-05-25 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104202149/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7806/text |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page