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No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of
Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace,
enter into any Agreement or Compact with
another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Note: The context of this clause refers to Agreement
or Compact relating to matters of defense. Applying it to
coordination of state applications for an Article V Convention will
a stretch. However, the Congress might consider that a Citizens'
Initiatives Amendment could conceivably permit the People to
propose an Initiative that could affect defense. Congress,
therefore, may be able to
make an inter-state agreement or compact related in any way to this
Amendment an issue for protracted debate and delay.
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