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( WASHINGTON, DC ) – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) introduced legislation today that would effectively move the United Nations headquarters out of the United States. The legislation is being introduced amid incessant anti-American and anti-Jewish political grandstanding from the podium of the General Assembly. “The U.N. has coddled brutal dictators, anti-Semites, state sponsors of terrorism, and nuclear proliferators – while excluding democratic countries from membership and turning a blind eye to humanitarian tragedies and gross violations of human rights around the globe,” Tancredo said. “The U.N.’s continued presence in the United States is an embarrassment to our nation, and...

The text of a proposed Constitutional amendment is provided for discussion below. The Liberty Amendment was proposed in the 1970s and, they say, was approved by five states. Because of the New World Order fears, and the very real imposing actions of the United Nations on the freedom of American citizens, the Liberty Amendment should be even more interesting to Americans today. For Tenth Amendment advocates, the Liberty Amendment goes far in keeping the federal government out of matters that should be solely a state's business. And, with only a minimal change, the proposed amendment could also be worded so...