[cotton1706]

ping

[BenLurkin]

I have a dumb question: Since the Constitution already limits FedGub to a fraction of the monster it has become today — why would an amended Constitution make a difference?

[VRW Conspirator]

2 + 2 = V

[FoxInSocks]

I believe the primary objective of everyone in D.C. is to Amend the Constitution to rein reign in Washington

[WKUHilltopper]

How about just enforce the one you have already?

[ThunderSleeps]

Does anyone else see the flaw in this logic? The feds are ignoring the Constitution, so let’s amend the Constitution. What, why? So they can ignore the amendments too? Seems to be the same logic behind gun grabbers, more laws, even though we all know criminals break laws...

[gingerbread]

Since the present government is unable to curtail their desire for more and more power, it will be up to the citizens to curb the government. It really doesn’t matter whether it’s the president, congress & senate, or the Supreme Court. Our constitution has been broken, and if it continues the way it’s going, we won’t have a constitution at all. That would be a very good start. Then, once we have straightened out the federal government, we must also institute changes in our state and city and country governments. I understand that we can’t change all of them at once.

[Michael.SF.]

Currently, Coburn said, four states have passed such a petition,

Not true:

Balanced Budget Amendment - 13 States
Federal Debt Amendment - 10 states

[Principled]

+1

[TomGuy]

Congress, Courts, President ignore The Constitution, so how are more amendments going to make them adhere to The Constitution?

Every one of them already took an oath to uphold The Constitution.

By the time any new amendment meanders through the process, a decade or more will have passed. We have no idea what state the nation will be in by then.

GW Bush [REPUBLICAN] was selling us out to the NAU, and Obama [DEMOCRAT] is selling out out to the Pacific Rim union.

We can’t trust either party to do what they ran on or gave an oath to. THEY LIE AND LIE AND LIE AND LIE. But, hey, talkshow hosts get to write another book to hawk.

[GeronL]

If they obeyed the Constitution in the first place, we wouldn’t be having these problems.

Amending it is silly if they ignore it anyway

[Publius]

Article V ping.

[DoodleDawg]

He reiterated that three-fourths of states would have to approve any amendment that came out of the convention.

Which means it's highly unlikely that anything coming out of an Article V convention would ever be ratified.

[pluvmantelo]

Coburn on Obama:
I just love him as a man. I think he’s a neat man.