Elections can be too slow. In eight months, a lot of damage can be done. Even then, it is unlikely there will be enough Republican wins in the Senate to override Presidential vetoes. That means it will be 2013, and a lot more damage done before we have enough in the Senate and the WH to begin correcting the mistakes this Congress and Zero are making.
An Article V convention was DESIGNED specifically for situations like this — a tyranny of Congress over the wishes of the American people. It can be called at ANY time and is part of our system of checks and balances.
The only problem with Article V is that it did not anticipate the arrogance of Congress in refusing to call one. It should have allowed the States themselves to announce a convention without Congress’ say-so. There are ALREADY more than enough “applications” from the States to Congress to call a convention, even if you are talking about multiple calls on the same subject — apportionment, limiting taxation, and balanced budget all have more than enough State applications filed.
“It can be called at ANY time and is part of our system of checks and balances.”
What’s to keep the result from being worse than what we have now?
This is an incredibly risky strategy.
Says to me that - 2/3's of the states can, despite Congressional objections, call a convention. Congress is bound to do it by Article V.
Now of course the rub is: Congress already disregards the Constitution.
Article V requires that 3/4 of the state legislatures pass resolutions calling for a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution. The legislatures can pass resolutions appointing delegates to the convention. Admittedly the latter will be like trying to herd cats but again, that is called democracy.
I repeat, you can always try revolution if democracy is too slow for you. Think of it as evolution in action.
I just wanted to say to Kellis91789 and others on this thread who advocate for the Article V Convention, that you are great Americans! I don’t know what was put in the water to make others fear the very thing designed to deliver us from our corporate totalitarianism, but we are getting closer to prevaling.
Please keep up the fight, as I myself will.
To those who respond with the same knee-jerk criticism of the Article V Convention you endanger our freedoms. We are now at a point in American History where we’ll either coerce the call out of the Congress (by raising awareness to the point it spills off the blogs and into the mainstream), or we will die with a whimper.
It’s convention or bust. That’s where we are.
Thanks again to my fellow compatriots who advocate for the Article V Convention.