Posted on 05/10/2014 10:27:02 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
His Kool-Aid is a book he's selling. He needs to feather his nest as much as he can. As it is, the only reason he's on as many radio stations as he is is because cumulus typically makes most stations carry his show in order to get hannity's 3 hours of talentless dreck. But yeah, the people pushing for this con con are a pack of clueless morons who think that somehow a convention will magically be confined to what they want to happen.
Not one of the lunatic Left websites called for an Article V state convention to propose amendments. In my state of FL, the democrats were nearly united in opposition to the COS amendments. If Soros wants Article V, where are the soundbites from Pelosi and Reid? Where are the reliable mouthpieces from MSNBC?
Why would the Left bother with a state amendment convention when they have gotten their way since FDR?
Rather than blather on about something you know nothing about, try reading the first chapter to Levin’s book at his website. After that, check out conventionofstates.com.
Why would I want to read his marketing material? Why would I want to give any time to the merchandise of a constitutional “scholar” who has the same respect for the constitution that a high school quarterback has for his drunk prom date?
Structural amendments, as proposed by Levin cannot be ignored. His amendments would not only re-federalize the government, they would make it more federal than the original design of our Framers. THAT is the only way to possibly restore our freedoms.
To educate, rather than embarrass yourself.
Exactly!! This is just more leftist propaganda being spewed.
I don’t need any “education” from a fraud and huckster.
BTTT!
The Bircher’s are just about the equivalent of the left’s LaRouche fringies, IMHO. Con-con my arse.
At my age I can remember the article’s written by leftist’s years ago. Since no doubt purged..
unless 33 other States apply to Congress to propose the same amendment, there will be not an aggregation of this petition that meets the 2/3 threshold necessary to call a COS for this purpose.
Vermont is only one of fifty states of which 34 states are needed to pass amendments to be put to the ratification process of which 38 states are required to ratify.
So of course the State of Vermont can propose anything they like but to advance their proposal they will need 33 other state cosigners, and then an even higher bar will be getting 37 other states to ratify Vermont’s proposed amendment to make it part of the Constitution.
The Article V Convention is a means of putting the ruling class on notice that the people have woken up and are not going to take it anymore. Congress itself could propose amendments but who do we trust more? The entrenched ruling class aristocracy or the friends and neighbors in the communities surrounding us where we live?
There will be Vermonts, and there will have to be 13 of them in total to stop the will of the People who use Article V to express their will.
We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.Move to Amend
Sounds like you need to go buy a clue.
There’s no worms and no can.
It’s Vermont and there’s no way they will carry 38 states to amend their progressive nonsense.
If you are scared by a few progressives in Vermont, then you might as well consider living in a cave somewhere. Because you will certainly not be kept free by the cabal that is the ruling class in Congress.
It’s not going anywhere for Vermont.
The Article V road is a tough path. The bar is high.
But 36 states will not be difficult to organize for some of the amendments that Mark Levin describes.
It is not a can of worms because it is so difficult to follow this path. There will be no can and no worms.
When Americans show a serious effort leading down the Article V path especially around an issue such as Obamacare, then the ruling class will fold just as they did for the 17th Amendment and the 18th Amendment. Congress becomes scared when the People take matters into their own hands, so what they do is jump in and take the process back into their hands. Just watch.
If repeal of the 17th amendment is the only ratified change then it will be worth it. Over time this change alone would begin to restore liberty by shifting power back to the states. Repeal of the 17th, will also have the effect of term limits and would make lifetime celebrity senators extinct.
The problem with statements like "no one is enforcing the Constitution we have" is that it's simply not true. The Constitution can not and is not being ignored in this country. What is happening is the left is finding loopholes and weaknesses in some of the wording and exploiting those weaknesses.
Simple changes to the constitution can slam the door shut on the left. Repeal the 17th, remove the commerce clause, clarify the wording of the 2nd. etc.
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