Judge Andrew Napolitano Officially Endorses Convention of States.

Full Title: Judge Andrew Napolitano Officially Endorses Convention of States to Chain Down the Federal Government.

The Convention of States Project announces an endorsement from Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel and author of nine books on the U.S. Constitution.

Judge Andrew Napolitano says, “For generations, long before the Convention of States Project, I have joined many of my ideological and political friends in recognizing the need to call an Article V Convention. American history and human nature teach that Washington, D.C., will never actually restrain itself and restore the foundations of personal liberty that the Constitution purports to guarantee. Yet, to build out the infrastructure, the organization, and the grassroots army to get it done is a huge undertaking. Today, the Convention of States Project is doing just that, and I’m proud to join with my friends Sen. Tom Coburn and Mark Meckler by endorsing what they are doing. When the actual Convention is called to order -- and it will be -- I’d consider it an honor and privilege to perform some of the heavy lifting; which is to draft and disseminate proposed constitutional amendments to the states that, in Jefferson's words, will chain down the federal government to the confines of the Constitution.”

“For two decades, Judge Napolitano has been a public champion for the Constitution and the principles of American jurisprudence through television, radio and his books.” says Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action.

Here is the usual boilerplate I attach to these threads to explain the process.

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The amendatory process under Article V consists of three steps: Proposal, Disposal, and Ratification.

Proposal:

There are two ways to propose an amendment to the Constitution.

The Congressional Method requires the House and Senate to pass an amendment by a two thirds majority.
The Amendments Convention Method requires the legislatures of two thirds of the states to apply to Congress to call a Convention for Proposing Amendments. Once the two thirds threshold is reached, Congress is required to set a time and place for the convention.

Article V gives Congress and an Amendments Convention exactly the same power to propose amendments, no more and no less.

Disposal:

Once Congress, or an Amendments Convention, proposes amendments, Congress must decide whether the states will ratify by the:

State Legislature Method, or the
State Ratifying Convention Method.

The State Ratifying Convention Method has only been used twice: once to ratify the Constitution, and once to ratify the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition.

Ratification:

Depending upon which ratification method is chosen by Congress, either the state legislatures vote up-or-down on the proposed amendment, or the voters elect a state ratifying convention to vote up-or-down. If three fourths of the states vote to ratify, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

Forbidden Subjects:

Article V contains two explicitly forbidden subjects and one implicitly forbidden subject.

Explicitly forbidden:

No amendment may be added to the Constitution concerning slavery or capitation taxes until 1808. We’re well past that deadline.
No amendment may be added to the Constitution to change the principle of equal representation in the Senate unless every state deprived of that right approves. If California wants five senators, every state must have five senators. To permit violation of this principle, every state would have to ratify the amendment, not just three fourths.

Implicitly forbidden:

The Constitution of 1787 may not be abrogated and replaced with a new document. Article V only authorizes “a convention for proposing amendments to this Constitution;” therefore, the Constitution of 1787 is locked in place forever. Congress and an Amendments Convention have exactly the same Proposal power; therefore, neither Congress nor an Amendments Convention can start over. Both bodies can only propose amendments.

Reference works:

Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers

State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments: A Guide for Lawyers and Legislative Drafters

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR !!!!

A majority of our current elected and appointed government representatives - by and large ignore the current Constitution or bend it to achieve their goals. Why should anyone believe that a Convention of the States will make the people in power behave any differently? Our current batch of representatives and government leaders will treat any revision (or re-write) of our premier governing document as they do the current one.

We will either elect a majority of representatives who will impeach and remove those who do not uphold the Constitution and who will jail traitors and the seditious - or we will continue pretending that the Constitution is law of the land and see our republic evolve into a socialist state or worst.

Related: If our government fails to stop the invasion of illegals from the south, we can look forward to Soro's vision for America coming to pass. Our republic as envisioned by the founders will be over.

At the close of the constitutional convention of 1787, we have this exchange between Benjamin Franklin and a convention attendee: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”

Franklin's reply: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”

Con con will work, IF AND ONLY IF THERE ARE NO LIEBERALS IN ATTENDANCE!

If Con con is organized and run by Constitutional Conservatives, there might be a chance for some good things to happen.

If LIEberals are allowed to participate, they will screw it up, fer shure, fer shure!

How do Constitutional Conservatives control the delegates?

What are the limitations?

Much mischief can be done if the wrong people - LIEberals - are allowed to participate.

Until the makeup and rules for the Con con are agreed upon, I’m against convening it!

I won’t bore you “comment on the titles” crowd too much with the idiocy of relying on elections alone to save our republic.

But to illustrate, and I trust without straining your intellect, recall that the accomplishments of Ronald Magnus are so much dust, overwhelmed by a self-serving Washington DC led by the Bushies, BJ Clinton, and The Magic Negro.

Now, to affect long lasting change it follows that our ruling institutions, which used to serve their constitutional purposes, must be restored. I ain’t gonna happen through an election process that very nearly gave us The Beast.

Like President Reagan, PDJT’s accomplishments will eventually dissolve unless he realizes that he can lead his loyal and patriotic base to REAL and LONGLASTING reform and restoration of the American Republic.

That means the Framers’ gift of the Article V state amendments process.

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