Editing United Nations (section)

=== 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 |first1=Matthew |last1=Lyons |first2=Chip |last2=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=16 June 2003 |url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/6/16/19729070/john-birch-society-forges-on-in-utah |access-date=26 July 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=437–438 |doi=10.1080/10570310209374748 |s2cid=145081268 |access-date=20 May 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|url-access=subscription }}</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=4 June 1997 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1997163 |access-date=13 November 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=13 November 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=5 November 2012 |title=Rep. Paul Introduces American Sovereignty Restoration Act |date=1 March 1997 |access-date=10 April 2008 |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=16 May 2005 |access-date=11 April 2008 |work=[[Enter Stage Right]] |last=Lamb |first=Henry |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 |access-date=11 April 2008 |volume=115 |issue=7 |page=1659 |author1-link=Judith Resnik (lawyer) |last=Resnik |first=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=14 December 2011 |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 &#124; Congress.gov &#124; Library of Congress |publisher=govtrack.us |date=17 May 2022 |access-date=25 May 2022 |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>