“Convention of States” Resolution Defeated in Ohio

The New American ^ | June 6, 2022 | Peter Rykowski

[E. Pluribus Unum]

In a victory for the U.S. Constitution, a resolution applying for an Article V constitutional convention, or Con-Con, was defeated in Ohio.

House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR 1) and Senate Joint Resolution 4 (SJR 4) had been pending in the Ohio General Assembly. They follow the wording of Mark Meckler’s Convention of States (COS) application, urging Congress to call a convention to propose amendments “that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and Members of Congress of the United States.”

Despite the resolution’s attractive wording, any Article V convention poses a serious threat to the Constitution and the God-given liberties and limited government it guarantees. The New American has extensively reported on the dangers of a Con-Con.

The Ohio Senate General Government Budget Committee had been considering the COS resolutions. However, the General Assembly recessed without acting on them — despite Con-Con proponents’ expectations that the resolution would pass before the recess. Although legislators could attempt to pass the resolutions in the November/December lame-duck session, the likelihood of this is low.

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This pro-Constitution victory did not come without a fight. COS had put considerable effort into passing its resolution in Ohio. For example, it had held multiple events advocating for a Con-Con and ensured that the resolutions went to a committee that it viewed as COS-friendly.

Additionally, during the hearing intended for opposition testimony, the General Government Budget Committee allowed Meckler and another COS supporter to give rebuttal testimony, an uncommon occurrence.

However, these actions were no match to the efforts of members of The John Birch Society, along with other Ohio patriots, in educating legislators and the public about the dangers of a Con-Con and the benefits...

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"Unrestricted illegal immigration will eventually change that. So the time for an Article V convention is now."

It was years ago, but I remember hearing that the Los Angeles police department was made up mostly of illegal aliens.. (?)

With so many foreigners coming in and having no allegiance to our nation it's no wonder we're having problems. They run for office, get elected and are then used by the left to crap all over us... :(

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Article V would mean the creation of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of America.

You don't even know what an Article V convention is, do you?

I dare you to look it up and repeat the above nonsense.

[plain talk]

I agree.

[KEVLAR]

Spoken from ignorance.

[Jacquerie]

The Birchers think the remedy is to elect better people.

In 2020 we did just that when we reelected President Trump . . . yet he isn’t President.

[Jacquerie]

<>There is no chance there. Article V would mean the creation of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of America.<>

Yet you think such people should vote for their congressional reps?

[Hostage]

These are tired worn arguments against an Article V movement by the People.

Today, conservatives would rule an Article V process. Liberals could never get an amendment proposed, let alone ratified.

It takes 38 states to ratify a Constitutional amendment.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We lost the Republic the day ALL of our elected and appointed swore in the ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I dare you to look up what an Article V convention is.

[Jamestown1630]

I think I’ll trust Justice Scalia on this, before you:

“I certainly would not want a constitutional convention. Whoa! Who knows what would come out of it?”

And it’s not just the John Birchers:



https://www.cato.org/commentary/article-v-constitutional-convention-wrong-idea-wrong-time

https://www.freedomfirstsociety.org/the-danger-of-a-convention-of-states/

https://eagleforum.org/column/2008/dec08/08-12-19.html

https://rumble.com/v154xx6-sr-2353-eagle-forum-speaks-out-on-con-con-con.html

[central_va]

There is no chance there. Article V would mean the creation of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of America.

Oh BS.

[Jamestown1630]

How do you propose to confine a convention?

[Nateman]

I asked myself a simple question about the First Democrat-Republican War. Why didn't it use Article V to settle the issue of slavery? The answer is they were afraid just like we are now and the effort to convene the Convention became too little too late. After a bloody war that still holds the record for the most dead Americans the Constitution got modified anyways at the point of a gun. Democrat states which did not sign on after their defeat were made to sign on or an army would occupy their territory until they did.

The lesson from history is clear. When the disagreement between both sides can no longer be solved in the District of Corruption a war is inevitable and the victor is going to modify the Constitution anyways. Can we just skip the bloody fighting part and resolve this peacefully this time?

[Nateman]

The issue before us , once again, is slavery. This time it is the Universal Slavery of Socialism threatening to enslave every one of us and the bad guys have reached the point where even landslide victory's are stolen from us. Political prisoners are rotting in the DC Gulag and the rule of law in the District of Corruption is a cruel fiction. The opposition to Article V keeps harping on all the potential harm that could happen while America itself literally burns with Democrat engineered riots.

Does anyone here NOT see how close to another Civil War we are? If two Rat Senators had not resisted their party the Filibuster would be gone, elections Nationalized under the Democrats Fraud friendly rules, the Court of Supreme Whim would have been packed with stooges who would rubber-stamp whatever the Rat hive mind wanted , and just like now they would come after our guns but worse.

In other words we'd be at war again. Just like the British got a war when it tried to take away American guns the first time. We can only imagine how much worse a Civil War would be this time.

Since America got into the Empire game the evil part of the world would join in on the Socialist side so there is a damn good chance that we'd lose . Guess how the Constitution gets modified after that?

[GILTN1stborn]

Exactly. I did d not expect this kind of idiocy from Ohio.

[KEVLAR]

Don’t take my word, cure your ignorance.

[Jamestown1630]

My ‘ignorance’ is informing me very well.

But thanks so much for your loving concern!

[KEVLAR]

Proud of it I see.