For something so important there is not much coverage of this. As it gets closer to the 34 state threshold of course the coverage will increase. For the FUD crowd that number does not actually have to be reached. The closer it gets the better the counter offer put forth by Congress is going to become.
For a Convention of the States dedicated to Georgia’s application language, which would re-balance citizens’ rights versus federal power and state power, the count is 13 down, 21 to go.
For a Convention of the States dedicated to a balanced budget amendment only, the count is 30 down, 4 to go.
I’m confused. Is this the same thing as the Constitutional convention that Ross Perot was pushing in 1992 and if it’s not what’s the difference?
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My fear is that the left will be able to use this to do away with the Electoral College. I see too much potential downside.
For those worrying about a "runaway convention," the Convention could only propose amendments. Just like with amendment proposed by Congress, three-fourths of the States would have to ratify a proposal for it to become part of the Constitution.
Just remember that states have political parties with deep interests and influence, and states have ‘deep states’ too. That is where the representatives to an Article Convention will come from, as the representatives will be appointed by the states.
This could be a Pandora’s Box liberals could only dream of.
If it succeeds, the left will hijack it, with the complicity of the federal courts.
Very dangerous stuff to trust modern bureaucrats with our Constitution. Who’s to say who would be delegates to this convention and why would they be any different from the “conservatives” we have in DC? We take a very grave risk if we set up a convention that is tasked with changing the Constitution.
This will be the coastal city states against the interior states in the end.
I think this is a very bad idea. Opening up the Constitution will open up a can of worms the likes of which we haven’t seen before.