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To: Arthur McGowan

“Nonsense. The Convention of States can’t be hijacked any more than the Congress can be hijacked while proposing an amendment to the Constitution.”

The United States Congress has already been hijacked. If the Congress can be hijacked then so could a Convention of States.

“A Convention of the States is not—NOT—a “Constitutional Convention.” There is no such thing as a “Constitutional Convention” mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.”

I said nothing about a “Constitutional Convention”.


36 posted on 07/30/2015 9:18:14 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Since a Convention of States can do only one thing—propose amendments for ratification—it poses no greater danger to the Constitution than does the Congress, which can propose amendments for ratification.

Of course, the Congress is corrupt, but the LEAST dangerous power Congress has is its power to propose Constitutional amendments. For the same reason, a Convention of States is not dangerous.


39 posted on 07/31/2015 2:28:41 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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