Posted on 12/02/2016 1:21:52 AM PST by Jacquerie
Subtitle – Article V to Avoid a General Convention.
Publius Huldah. Upon declaring Independence in July of 1776, the states operated under the Articles of Confederation (AC). (Timeline: 22:00 – 24:00. View her speech.)
Delegates to the federal convention of 1787 disobeyed congress and their states when they went beyond their orders to draft revisions of the AC. Ms. Huldah cites Article XIII of the AC as governing authority. As demonstrated in Philadelphia, convention delegates then as now have inherent authority to do as they please. Therefore, it will be impossible to stop similar antics at a future convention of states.
Rodney Dodsworth Response. The myths spun by Ms. Huldah around the early years of our nation are popular among Article V opponents. I will put these myths to rest. I will show that Congress had no authority to command obedience of the states in convention, and that Article V serves to avoid the “con-con” or general convention unlimited by subject matter that Ms. Huldah fears.
I suspect Ms. Huldah knows very well the Confederation Congress approved the AC in November of 1777, and that the AC weren’t ratified by the last state, Maryland, until March 1st 1781, just a few months before victory at Yorktown. The first purpose of the AC was the common defense of its member republics. When the war ended, most states saw little need to continue the confederation, despite their common pledge in Article XIII to remain joined in perpetual union.
(Excerpt) Read more at articlevblog.com ...
This paragraph is worth repeating...
As for America 2016, the election of Donald Trump may be a first step toward restoration of free government. Serving in their electoral capacity, the people turned back the open borders and unbalanced trade demands of uniparty elites. Instead, we opted for a good and decent nationalism that promotes America’s general welfare. However, unless our governing institutions are reformed such that power is once again shared with the member states of the republic, we can be sure that another Obama or Hillary stand waiting in the future to turn a helpless nation over to barbarian islamists and global elites, just as Ms. Huldah fears.
Great article, Jacquerie. Thanks for you work. History/current events BUMP
I prefer to write much shorter posts in this Facebook/Twitter age, but Huldah’s assertions need to be countered.
Article V ping!
What happened to Part II?
Delegates do not "have inherent authority to do as they please." There wasn't a ratified Constitution with an amendment process already in place at the time.
This time, we have Article V in place to limit the convention to amendment proposals only.
-PJ
Once again, great, informative piece. Thank you for providing verbal arms against distortion of our Constitution. I won’t be well versed in these arguments for quite sometime but you have provided me fodder to hold my own in conversational discourse. Many thanks again.
Yes, there is some meaty information in Part II and it hasn’t been posted to FR. Jacquerie, you are the genius here, I will leave it to you.
Publius, I went to the Article V blog to read it after you noted it was missing and found, what to me, was relevant information. I would like some input from some of you more knowledgeable folks.
Actually, you forgot to put “conventionofstates” in with the other keywords. I took care of that.
Yes, as opposed to Ms. Huldah’s beliefs, A5 exists to AMEND our Constitution.
Yikes. Thanks.
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