If there is an Article V convention, we will lose the Constitution we have, and another Constitution will be imposed.
You are not getting both sides of this issue. Throughout the country, those of us who are warning of the dangers of an Article V convention are marginalized, ridiculed, smeared, shut out of meetings, and barred from speaking in public forums. THIS short essay from the Principled Policy Blog describes what we face every day.
HERE is an account by Donny Harwood, a citizen of Tennessee, describing how he was shut out of the public meeting which the Convention of States people held on October 19, 2015, at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the Leaf-Chronicle, a number of Tennessee legislators were at the meeting. A prominent Tennessee radio talk show host was also present.
And everyone at the meeting was prevented from hearing the other side of this issue.
The reason convention proponents forbid dissenting voices is that we can prove, by means of facts and original source documents, that the claims and promises of the convention proponents are false. HERE are some of the original source documents legislators would hear about if they were presented with the other side of this issue.
We are in the final stage of a takeover. Leftists of every variety want a new Constitution to legalize our transformation from the constitutional Republic created by our existing Constitution to a dictatorship.
To get a new Constitution, they need a convention. So they are telling conservatives that our Constitution is causing our problems and we need to amend the Constitution. And they say we can only make the amendments they say we need at a convention.
Article V of our Constitution provides two methods of amending our Constitution. Congress can either:
- Propose amendments, or
- Call a convention to propose amendments if 34 states apply for it.
The first method was used for our existing 27 amendments: Congress proposed them and sent them to the states for ratification or rejection.
Under the second method, Congress calls a convention. We have never had a convention under Article V. Such conventions are extremely dangerous. HERE is one of many articles which illustrate the danger. It sets forth warnings from two of our Framers and two former US Supreme Court Justices, and explains why delegates to a convention can NOT be controlled by state laws.
National conventions are dangerous because the delegates have the plenipotentiary power to impose a new Constitution with a new mode of ratification. [Read more…]
A hearing is set before a Tennessee House Committee on January 26, 2016, to consider SJR 67, which is the Convention of States Project’s (COS) application for an Article V convention. It passed the Tennessee Senate last session, and was held over to go before the House this session. It is to be heard Jan 26, 2016 before the Tennessee House State Government Committee.
Here is the Resolution we want to stop: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0067
My recent column shows why an Article V convention is extremely dangerous:
Please ask the following members of the Tennessee House State Government Committee to oppose SJR 67, the COS Article V Application which is scheduled to be heard on January 26, 2016. And please ask the people on your email lists to also write these Legislators in opposition to SJR 67. Here is the contact info for the Legislators on the House Committee:
- Rep.bob.ramsey@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.mary.littleton@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.jeremy.durham@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.bud.hulsey@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.darren.jernigan@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.william.lambeth@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.jason.powell@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.bill.sanderson@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.johnny.shaw@capitol.tn.gov
- Rep.curry.todd@capitol.tn.gov
Our constitution has been modified and amended too much there are rights identified and some tweaking to include all people of this nation those were needed but the leaders of this nation need to leave this document at this time as it is.
There are to many violations of the constitution going on today our judicial system and court system is corrupted the political landscape of this nation is unlike it has ever been with Americans denouncing the freedoms we have dissension amongst us based on our beliefs ‘and personal standards none of which are to effect the constitution of this country. Calling a convention to change or ratify this document any more is a great concern to American’s from one coast to the other and within the US Military as well the document protects the people and with further change this may invoke a civil war which the US will prevail but the economy will collapse and cause a possible cultural conversion of the nation completely this should be a concern of every American alive
I know that nullification has been used in a few instances, but insofar as I’m aware (and please correct me if I’m mistaken), those have been few and far between. I believe there are many reasons for this. One such is that they federal government holds a BIG stick –MONEY! The threat of withholding this from the states for spurious reasons is one which is difficult to ignore. Another is the threat of a federal lawsuit. They use OUR money to pay lawyers to prosecute us. We must then, in turn, again use OUR money to defend ourselves. Seems an uphill battle to me! Look, I realize a Convention of States has potential risks, But, I think we pretty near ALL agree that we can’t trust our Con-grease to propose ANY Constitutional amendments that would limit their power. That leaves … We the People. Granted, we won’t know in advance WHO will be the delegates from the various states to the convention. But, we can and WILL (in fact, we almost MUST in order to be able to force Con-grease to call one in the first place) know what the states goals and limits on that convention will be. But, suppose things get out of hand. And, suppose state legislators don’t call back offending parties who try to move the convention away from its stated purpose(s). And, further suppose that federal legislators allow this to happen? Well, there’s STILL one HUGE backstop we’ve got going for us! In order for ANY amendment to be adopted,THREE QUARTERS of the states must sign on. And, with a LARGE majority of the states now being controlled (both in the legislature and at the executive level) by Republicans, I think the chances of that are reasonably low. Nosireebobcat! I think I’d just as soon place my trust in We the People. I’ll take my chances!!! After all, the way I figure it, given the current state of our nation, we ain’t got much to lose!!!