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Texas Governor Calls for Article V Constitutional Convention
Breitbart ^ | 1-8-2016 | LANA SHADWICK

Posted on 01/08/2016 1:17:20 PM PST by Citizen Zed

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We just need a few more governors to ask for this at the same time, right? And there can't be too many of them opposed, right? And they all have to set the agenda first, right? Maybe Trump could offer up a neutral venue?
1 posted on 01/08/2016 1:17:20 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Never. The left will hijack it. Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now


2 posted on 01/08/2016 1:19:27 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The problems with his plan is that it doesn’t go far enough. It should have term limits for Representatives, repeal the 17th Amendment, make Supreme Court justices serve a single 10 year term, more narrowly define the “interstate commerce clause”, and allowing Congress to override a alphabet rule change or EO (not a repeal of an existing rule) with a simple majority vote that doesn’t have to be signed into law by the president. Also, all federal laws and agency rules are to expire after 10 years. If they are important, they can keep passing them.


3 posted on 01/08/2016 1:23:52 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Nobody does a search anymore. This is at least the third posting of this.


4 posted on 01/08/2016 1:26:13 PM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: cowboyway

Maybe I did the search wrong. Sorry.


5 posted on 01/08/2016 1:32:41 PM PST by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Excellent points - agree with all you noted.


6 posted on 01/08/2016 1:36:30 PM PST by Arlis ( A "Sacred Cow" Tipping Christian)
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To: Citizen Zed

Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.


7 posted on 01/08/2016 1:41:35 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. - Psalm 33:12)
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To: 5thGenTexan; 1010RD; AllAmericanGirl44; Amagi; aragorn; Art in Idaho; Arthur McGowan; ...

Third posting of thread on Texas and Article V.


8 posted on 01/08/2016 1:43:02 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Vaquero

“Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now”

How’s that working out?


9 posted on 01/08/2016 1:54:59 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: stars & stripes forever

“Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.”

That’s what I always hear and I ask, how’s that working out?


10 posted on 01/08/2016 1:56:00 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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The left will hijack it. Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now

How do you suppose that will happen? Who is going to do that?

11 posted on 01/08/2016 2:04:00 PM PST by Bobby_Taxpayer
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[That’s what I always hear and I ask, how’s that working out?]

We have STUPID people running the government. (Where have I heard that before?)


12 posted on 01/08/2016 2:07:30 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. - Psalm 33:12)
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Who has the enforcement power? Answer: the states via the threat of an Article V convention to take matters into their own hands.

-PJ

13 posted on 01/08/2016 2:08:55 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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“We have STUPID people running the government.”

No, they are CORRUPT.


14 posted on 01/08/2016 2:17:51 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Citizen Zed

Governors who harbor a desire for the Presidency may not approve of Article V. Also it is hoped that most state legislators do not aspire to national office. Granted, that’s not a proven assumption.


15 posted on 01/08/2016 2:21:31 PM PST by SC_Pete
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and why would they abide by new amendments. The government needs to have their feet held to the fire to obey the current constitution. This could be done by revisiting the declaration...

Plus The left will try to add draconian amendments.


16 posted on 01/08/2016 2:41:18 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Just repeal the 17th. It’s the one amendment that could not be cheated.


17 posted on 01/08/2016 2:56:24 PM PST by Ken H
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To: stars & stripes forever

The current one is a living, breathing document. The new one had better be a dead one. /s

That has been taught in colleges for decades.


18 posted on 01/08/2016 3:09:11 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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The left or the GOPe can try to add,mid the rules of the convention allow. Besides 3/4ths of the states have to approve each amendment individually before it can be added.


19 posted on 01/08/2016 3:52:54 PM PST by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: Citizen Zed; Travis McGee

A constitutional Convention is NOT just talking about new amendments. It’s extremely dangerous in the present political climate.

Why in the world would anyone think a Con Con is a good idea, if they’ve read Matthew Bracken’s books? Amendments, yes, Con Con no.

As Citizen Zed said, “Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.”


20 posted on 01/08/2016 8:00:49 PM PST by CatDancer (I'm too old to be a Trumpette, so I'll be a Trumpa-Gram.)
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