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To: rarestia

“A Con-Con must be called with a specific goal or bill. A Con-Con isn’t called and mustered just to “talk.” A Con-Con is called with specific documents on the table for a vote.”

Article V does NOT say that.

or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall CALL A CONVENTION for PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
(clearly meaning, we call/start/summon a convention, and amendments may be proposed when it convenes,,,almost precisely, to talk and argue, and negotiate. Just like the original. It is a convention precisely FOR proposing there is nothng saying it is limited to one topic, or that you even have to HAVE a topic. It just says “call a convention”),
which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof


41 posted on 11/08/2012 10:39:27 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

Check the past Con-Cons. That’s what Article 5 says, but that’s not how they’ve been mustered for the past 150 years. Also remember, they can propose whatever they want, but they don’t become law without the appropriate number of votes. It doesn’t work like the chamber of the House or Senate.

Call a Con-Con with specific goals and bills, muster the Governors, vote. It would be suicide to call a convention with an open agenda.


73 posted on 11/08/2012 11:21:13 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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