Posted on 02/21/2021 1:09:03 PM PST by RandFan
Mark Meckler, the new interim CEO of Parler, currently supports a Convention of States that could give George Soros and other interests the power to rewrite the Constitution. Meckler, who was appointed as interim CEO of Parler following the removal of founder John Matze, currently runs the Convention of States Project, a supposed “grassroots” organization pushing for a convention under Article V of the Constitution.
The project describes itself as a “national effort to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution, restricted to proposing amendments that will impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit its power and jurisdiction, and impose term limits on its officials and members of Congress,” which initially sounds appealing.
However, a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities argued that such a restriction on an Article V convention would be impossible, with states unable to control what a convention could and could not discuss, and nobody else having clear constitutional control over the convention.
Former Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote in 1988 that “there is no way to effectively limit or muzzle the actions of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it will be too late to stop the Convention if we don’t like its agenda.”
Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia echoed this sentiment in 2014. “I certainly would not want a constitutional convention,” said Scalia. “Whoa! Who knows what would come out of it?”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalfile.com ...
It’s a real stretch to imply that Meckler is a Soros supporter just because he supports a convention that Soros might attempt to influence. The goals of the convention are not Soros goals. The revival of Parler should not be stalled based on what is in the article.
“Not sure I like this.”
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Not sure I believe this.
In fact I’m pretty sure I don’t believe this.
Yup. Fearmongering over what could happen.
“If 35 states approve it, they could mandate Satanism as the national religion! Do you wanna risk that???”
It should have happened a decade ago when the right was at peak power in state legislatures.
Thats the question I’ve had for years. Why haven’t the wealthy conservatives built counter measures to the left in the fields of technology?
The left has pretty much seized control of nearly every venue except Talk Radio. Now with the passing of Rush we are crippled to a degree and if the left employs the “fairness doctrine” we can also kiss talk radio farwell for conservative advantage.
Very misleading headline. There are many people I respect that support the Convention of States and in theory it could be great, but has the potential to be a disaster. I don’t know enough to make a firm decision and want a lot more understanding. However, no one that supports the CofS would ever want input from George Soros.
I don’t like this and I don’t like Parler, I don’t care who says it’s great.
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The amendatory process under Article V consists of three steps: Proposal, Disposal, and Ratification.
Proposal:
There are two ways to propose an amendment to the Constitution.
Article V gives Congress and an Amendments Convention exactly the same power to propose amendments, no more and no less.
Disposal:
Once Congress, or an Amendments Convention, proposes amendments, Congress must decide whether the states will ratify by the:
The State Ratifying Convention Method has only been used twice: once to ratify the Constitution, and once to ratify the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition.
Ratification:
Depending upon which ratification method is chosen by Congress, either the state legislatures vote up-or-down on the proposed amendment, or the voters elect a state ratifying convention to vote up-or-down. If three fourths of the states vote to ratify, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.
Forbidden Subjects:
Article V contains two explicitly forbidden subjects and one implicitly forbidden subject.
Explicitly forbidden:
Implicitly forbidden:
Reference works:
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments: A Guide for Lawyers and Legislative Drafters
article title pure hyperbole, fear-mongering clickbait. Yes, Soros-infected groups would try to influence a COS, as would many others, at least some of which would be along the Libertarian/Conservative lines. This is not the same as wanting Soros to “rewrite the Constitituion.” Jeez Louise.
For the record I am against a COS.
Now that DNC and Soros have discovered how to win elections at will with a giant xerox machine, a COS may be the only way to turn this around. The second is for governors to start to refuse orders from DC.
Something has to turn this around, and it isn’t going to be GOP in 2022. They were complicit in bringing Trump down. And they have no plan to fix the election fraud, or even admit that it happened.
You don’t get to chose what you believe from postings IF you are not shown one side of the conversation THAT is not letting people make up their own minds TWITTER SUCKS!! Twitter has become a social site full of nothing but hate and vitriol!!!
The phrase “Don’t open Pandora’s box” comes to mind.
Only fooled people will discover too late that everything that we hold dear.....First Amendment, 2nd Amendment, entire Bill of Rights will disappear. Branches of government silliness will likely include a transgender sexual orientation Czar, and a Commission for Reparations, and a Fair Wage Control czar.
And all of the conservative hand wringing won’t stop anything. Just think, John Kerry is already acting as the Climate Change czar.
Why take a chance??? For the good of the Country?? We already have a great Constitution How about using it?
Theoretically, since the majority of state legislative bodies are controlled by republicans, if we were to engage in one, now is the time to do so.
Nazi water boy, sympathizer and ghoul is going to re write the constitution
Devin Nunez is also highly invested in Parler!!
Ballsac Eyes looks blind in one eye and prolly can’t c out da otter.
“Well at least we now know their methods having shown their hand. (If true)”
At least we know you don’t read past the click-bait headline!
> Mark Levin has been promoting Convention of States for years now. Check out what he has said about this. He’s the smart one in the room here. <
Agreed. And here’s a short video of Levin talking about it.
I offer my personal guarantee that even so called conservatives will be only minority participants should enough State Legislatures agree for Congress to call the Convention.
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