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To: Venturer

Check this out. Scroll down to the Bill of Federalism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Barnett

QUOTE:
Ratification Strategy

... First, that Congress shall call a convention, consisting of delegates from the several States selected by procedures established by their respective legislatures, for the purpose of proposing the following articles be added as separate amendments to the Constitution of the United States, each of which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when separately ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States; ...

Resolution for Congress to Convene a Convention to Propose Amendments Constituting a Bill of Federalism

Background

The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the United States. Article V of the Constitution provides two ways for amendments to be proposed and two ways for them to be ratified. Congress may propose Amendments to the States, or the States may petition Congress to declare a constitutional convention to propose amendments. While there have been resolutions in favor of Constitutional Conventions, Congress has always preempted them by proposing the amendments themselves. Once proposed, an amendment can be ratified by a three-fourths vote of either the State Legislatures, or by State Convention. The amendment can specify how it is to be ratified: only the Twenty-First Amendment was ratified by State Conventions.

Resolution
Barnett would like the States to call for a Constitutional Convention. This was in fact his main proposition when he appeared on the Glenn Beck show, with the actual amendments being drafted later. He has drafted a resolution to call for a convention. He believes that this is a necessary step, as Congress would not voluntarily propose amendments which largely weaken its power.

Gerard N. Magliocca has written an article supporting the idea of calling for a Convention.[16]

Criticism
The John Birch Society has criticized the idea of calling for a constitutional convention, calling it a “dangerous temptation” and a “threat to our Constitution.”[17][18] Barnett has countered that historically, whenever the states have called for a Constitutional Convention, Congress has responded by proposing the amendments themselves. He also notes that even in the case of a constitutional convention, the proposed amendments still need to be ratified by three-quarters of the states.[14]”


16 posted on 11/08/2012 7:01:42 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: SC_Pete
The John Birch Society has criticized the idea of calling for a constitutional convention, calling it a “dangerous temptation” and a “threat to our Constitution.”

The men at the first Constitutional Convention shared the same moral philosophy and many points were decided with a unison of thought, like what was finally placed into the Bill of Rights, upon which all good men could agree.

Obama and his cohorts are criminals of the highest order and share nothing with good Americans. Their philosophy is Marxist to the core and is absolutely antithetical to any semblance of natural law upon which our entire system of law and government is based.

The real problem with having another constitutional convention is that it would be one huge lib love fest just as Obamacare was and it would give them the open door to completely smashing what is left of our Constitution.

The biggest problem facing us is not the Constitution, but the fact that half of the people in this country believe that it is irrelevant.

And there is no George Washington carefully guiding the current effort.

76 posted on 11/09/2012 5:44:25 AM PST by Slyfox
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