West Virginia Federal Constitutional Authority Clarification Act

From the Legislature

The purpose of this bill is to reaffirm the constitutional sovereignty of the State of West Virginia; establish constitutional review and nullification mechanisms for unconstitutional judicial dictates; bind interpretive standards to the text, structure, and original public meaning of the state and federal constitutions; to declare certain federal judicial dictates outside their jurisdiction null within West Virginia; authorize legislative and executive review; create the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review; coordinate with the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee to suspend dependent executive rules on nullified federal dictates; to direct the Attorney General to defend state sovereignty; and create penalties for enforcement of unconstitutional judicial actions in West Virginia.