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I personally am surrounded in every aspect of my existence by supporters of these crazy people. My boss and others at work are aspects of the new legalized insanity.
I am getting too old to be fully engaged.
Just as in Viet Nam, we did not lose, we just surrendered.
That alone is a sin before God.
God bless you Jim and may He place His healing hand on you as he has so far placed it on me. He has room there for both of us.
Keep them entertained 24 hours a day for about 2 months. No escape to Canada this time.
Any country that would allow the likes of Ginsberg, Kagan, Sotamayor etc. to rule over them by judicial fiat Is gasping the last breaths of a dying nation.
Article V ping!
May God bless and strengthen Jim Robinson!
The only way I have left to fight is measured in certain calibers. I’ll do what I can when the time is right.
Thanks, Jim.
How to fight it? Rail. Tar. Feathers. Just like in the old days.
Most excellent!
Jim, Our elected reps already have the tools to stop the judicial tyranny: Congress has the power to Impeach/remove Judges and the power to control what issues the Court can hear. IMHO More Amendments at this time on them is a waste of time because one, they will rule on how they apply and 2 without the will power of the ones who have the authority to enforce the power the People already have over them its going nowhere.
To be effective there needs to be removal of the bad judges, a direct action we already have the power to do. Yet not one mention of this by our reps...
If my memory is correct Mark Levin proposes this as well.
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Art. V convention is a fantasy that will happen next Nevuary. By that time it’ll all be over. We need incremental steps to choke off the Leviathan. Things a POTUS and Congress can immediately implement.
1. End civil forfeiture.
2. End Administrative Law
3. Bring all rulemaking back to the House/Senate for an up down vote. (That will kill new regs)
4. Close down DOEnergy and DOEducation by crediting the states the proportional budget of each department. (cash starved local and state governments will jump on that)
That’ll be the first 30 days.
For those who think the Article V process is too risky, I ask, "What other options do you see?"
To summarize from a previous post by GraceG:
1. Elect More Republicans - Failed due to RINO/Uni-party confluence.
2. Article V Convention of States to propose Amendments - Needed to try to take power from the federal government back to the states and reel in the federal leviathan.
3. State Nullification - Last ditch effort to try to take power back from the federal monster, though by this point it may be too late.
4. State Secession - Could either end up peaceably like the breakup of the Czechoslovakia in 1993 or a brutal:
5. Civil War II like the first one.... The longer we wait on #2, the more likely #3, then #4 and finally #5. .
So, do we do nothing and just wait for # 5?
Quick review: We need 34 states to pass an application, then Congress shall, by law, call a Convention of States as soon as it receives applications from 2/3 of the State Legislatures. That's 34 states. (So far both legislative chambers of 4 States, {Alabama, Alaska, Florida and Georgia}, have completely passed their resolutions and 36 state legislative chambers or bodies have filed or passed resolutions.) Amendments are proposed and voted on at the convention. Each Amendment must be ratified by ¾ of the states in order to become part of the US Constitution. That’s 38 states.
“There are far more political and legal constraints on a runaway convention than on a runaway Congress.” - Robert Natelson
Most FReepers are aware of these links, but I post anyway for review and for people new to Article V. It is our responsibility to make Article V the most understood aspect of the US Constitution.
****Please see this summary video from Alabama first: Convention of States - Alabama Way to go Alabama! A great introduction!
Rep. Bill Taylor introduces a Convention of States
Convention of States Live! with Mike Farris
The Case for an Article V Convention. Great explanation of an Article V convention to the Massachusetts State Legislature.
**** Convention of States Lots of information here.
Call a Convention A call for a Convention of States
Missouri state senator delivers amazing testimony (video) Reasoned speech on why we need an Article V Convention.
Article V Project to Restore Liberty Another good source.
Convention of States model Resolution
A Summary of Mark Levin’s Proposed Amendments by Jacquerie
Chapter 1 of Mark Levin’s Book, The Liberty Amendments
Mark Levin, Constitution Article V, and the Liberty Amendments
Mark Levin: “The Liberty Amendments” - Complete Sean Hannity Special + other Links
List of Mark Levin You Tube Videos
Citizens for Self-Governance: Convention of States Project Youtube hub – Lots of educational videos here
Mark Levin Article V, Liberty Amendments youtube video hub
Three hour video of C-Span interview with Mark Levin
*** Mark Levin’s ALEC Speech, Dec 4, 2014
Gaining Steam? Nearly 100 Lawmakers Descend on Mount Vernon to Talk Convention of States The beginning.
Mark Levin’s “Liberty Amendments” Sean Hannity Special
We can fight the uniparty! States, the Natural Second Party by Jacquerie
Convention to Propose Amendments to the United States Constitution
The Other Way to Amend the Constitution: The Article V Constitutional Convention Amendment Process
Friends of Article V Convention Links
The Indiana Statute that will Govern their Delegates
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a Convention:
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a Convention. (Part I)
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a convention. (Part II)
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a Convention. (Part III)
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a Convention. (Part IV)
Congress’ Present Duty to Call a Convention. (Part V)
Congress’ Failure to Call an Amendments Convention. (Part VI)
Ulysses at the Mast: Democracy, Federalism, and the Sirens' Song of the Seventeenth Amendment by Jay Bybee. Repeal the 17th! Shorter Abstract here: Ulysses at the Mast, one page Abstract
****For those of you that still have doubts about the Article V process, please review: Responses To Convention Of States Opposition My initial concerns were resolved after reading these articles. My attitude now is Go For It!
Sarah Palin: Debunking the myths of a Convention of States
A Single-Subject Convention Addresses the “runaway convention” fear.
John Birch Society Denies Its History and Betrays Its Mission The original Birchers were for an Article V Convention.
Update: Convention of States by the numbers The current State count
Convention of States Gaining Momentum
Article V Handbook - for State Legislators An important resource.
**** State Legislators Article V Caucus State Legislators, Join up at this site!
Most State Legislatures are in session now. Send this list of links to your State Representatives and Senators here: Contact your State Legislators.
Sample Letter to state Representatives regarding the Convention of States Project and also, Talking Points.
Excellent Article V Letter to a State Assemblyman by Jacquerie
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke.
Let’s all work together to get this going!
To be frank this is way too late and the majority of people in the country are not for it and do not have a fight in it. Sucks to say it but that is the way things are.
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Well, it’s not like court craziness has caught America by surprise. It was being complained about 200 years ago, and still the only (toothless) Constitutional remedy is impeachment. The Founders, bless all their hearts, were optimistic that the new America would conduct itself in good character. But even George Washington was discouraged to see what happened when actual fallen men took the helm.
Well better 2 centuries late than never... something more than impeachment is needed as a Constitutional brake on crazy courts. Several possibilities have been suggested. Congress could override with supermajority of both houses (Bork amendment). Judicial retention elections. Patches for specific issues.
1) Mark Levin has been promoting Article V for a year or so. He’s right.
2) It will fail. Fedzilla will happily ignore any amendments passed that way, just as they currently ignore the existing Constitution, and its 27 Amendments.
3) We must do it anyway: to rouse the population, and to show that we tried every legal, peaceful means of restoring the Republic.