MONTANANS FOR a BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET COMMITTEE Et Al. v. HARPER Et Al.

Justice Rehnquist,

Circuit Justice.

Applicants ask that I stay a mandate of the Supreme Court of Montana prohibiting the placement on Montana’s November 1984 ballot of a “Balanced Federal Budget” initiative. If adopted by the voters, the initiative would direct the Montana Legislature to apply to Congress pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to cal! a convention to consider a federal balanced budget amendment. In addition to holding the initiative unconstitutional on its face, in violation of Article V, the Montana Supreme Court held it to be “independently and separately…