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To: Jacquerie
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.

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

6 posted on 12/02/2016 12:16:18 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yes, as opposed to Ms. Huldah’s beliefs, A5 exists to AMEND our Constitution.


11 posted on 12/02/2016 3:44:28 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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