Texas Governor Calls for Article V Constitutional Convention

Breitbart ^ | 1-8-2016 | LANA SHADWICK

[Citizen Zed]

We just need a few more governors to ask for this at the same time, right? And there can't be too many of them opposed, right? And they all have to set the agenda first, right? Maybe Trump could offer up a neutral venue?

[Vaquero]

Never. The left will hijack it. Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now

[Blood of Tyrants]

The problems with his plan is that it doesn’t go far enough. It should have term limits for Representatives, repeal the 17th Amendment, make Supreme Court justices serve a single 10 year term, more narrowly define the “interstate commerce clause”, and allowing Congress to override a alphabet rule change or EO (not a repeal of an existing rule) with a simple majority vote that doesn’t have to be signed into law by the president. Also, all federal laws and agency rules are to expire after 10 years. If they are important, they can keep passing them.

[cowboyway]

Nobody does a search anymore. This is at least the third posting of this.

[Citizen Zed]

Maybe I did the search wrong. Sorry.

[Arlis]

Excellent points - agree with all you noted.

[stars & stripes forever]

Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.

[Publius]

Third posting of thread on Texas and Article V.

[dljordan]

“Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now”

How’s that working out?

[dljordan]

“Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.”

That’s what I always hear and I ask, how’s that working out?

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

The left will hijack it. Let’s get them to follow the one that we have now

How do you suppose that will happen? Who is going to do that?

[stars & stripes forever]

[That’s what I always hear and I ask, how’s that working out?]

We have STUPID people running the government. (Where have I heard that before?)

[Political Junkie Too]

Who has the enforcement power? Answer: the states via the threat of an Article V convention to take matters into their own hands.

-PJ

[dljordan]

“We have STUPID people running the government.”

No, they are CORRUPT.

[SC_Pete]

Governors who harbor a desire for the Presidency may not approve of Article V. Also it is hoped that most state legislators do not aspire to national office. Granted, that’s not a proven assumption.

[Vaquero]

and why would they abide by new amendments. The government needs to have their feet held to the fire to obey the current constitution. This could be done by revisiting the declaration...

Plus The left will try to add draconian amendments.

[Ken H]

Just repeal the 17th. It’s the one amendment that could not be cheated.

[VerySadAmerican]

The current one is a living, breathing document. The new one had better be a dead one. /s

That has been taught in colleges for decades.

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

The left or the GOPe can try to add,mid the rules of the convention allow. Besides 3/4ths of the states have to approve each amendment individually before it can be added.

[CatDancer]

A constitutional Convention is NOT just talking about new amendments. It’s extremely dangerous in the present political climate.

Why in the world would anyone think a Con Con is a good idea, if they’ve read Matthew Bracken’s books? Amendments, yes, Con Con no.

As Citizen Zed said, “Leave the U.S. CONSTITUTION alone! Enforce what it says.”