the corrupt are winning because they have no fear
to lie, deceive, or commit treason. NONE.
Its great to enjoy this time of Trump and I pray and believe he will win another term. Lots of conervative judges being put in place which is good. Still we know that evil never sleeps and never stops. This all too breif reprieve may give the Dems time to build a new breed. Imagine how many kids going through highschool now will be able to vote in 6 years. The future is millions of little AOCs. So is this a time to prepare and make ready in whatever way you see fit?
I would very much appreciate some insight on the “Article V idea. All the talk seems to be that the power of the convention can or cannot be limited,etc. My question is this: how does a new piece of paper regardless of what is written on it or who wrote it, constrain the Left?
I understand our reverence for our founding documents, but we do not live in that world anymore, if we ever did.
Article V ping!
My question is, once the matter is on the table, what makes one think that conservative principals will prevail as the outcome?
I am not going to get snippy about blog pimping since I am a subscriber to the blog. I do sense the timing is important to avoiding the wrath of a certain blog pimping attack advocate.
I find the follow on squib written in 2016 to be far more relevant than your latest. http://articlevblog.com/2016/11/scotus-and-societal-corruption/I have been a follower of Article V efforts long before COS came along, or the now defunct Assembly of State Legislatures.
Your 2016 squib does not inspire me to sign on to the COS methods for all your stated reasons and the major point of disagreement placing too much blame on SCOTUS. I am not denying SCOTUS as an issue, just that We the People deserve our share of the blame, otherwise how over many many years did we suddenly find ourselves where we are.
We or our forefathers allowed what has happened to happen. It was never the fault of the Constitution, and so amending it or proposing amendments when the Constitution is not the problem would only exacerbate the situation.
We are the problem, and the SCOTUS enabled we through decisions the conservative populace were not in favor of. The progressive side of the populace growing ever larger, louder, and loving the progressive direction toward the Hell they see as Utopia have been bolstered to the point we are split down the middle in appearance.
The split however is not equal. the conservative populace still outnumbers the progressives but only when sufficiently motivated by maybe a Donald J. Trump. Before I get further in the weeds, we agree completely that repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment should be front and center as an issue of States Rights gone wrong.
I see that as a far better issue to bring us back to reality than endless amendments none of which will solve the problems brought about by the Seventeenth, and very well could open the Constitution to way too much needless progressive scrutiny.
All of those things would help, but we need to lock in measures to prevent abusive people from abusing the levers of government. Congress will not do it.
An Article 5 con-con WILL NOT EXTRACT THE USA FROM THE MESS WE HAVE MADE!
Only citizen awareness and citizen activism dedicated to electing people of high character, good (Christian!) morals and who believe in Making America Great Again will overcome the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist cabal that is dedicated to destroying America!
An article 5 con-con is a con job!