A Convention of States is not a Constitutional Convention.
Article 5 is not a constitutional convention. You can’t rewrite the constitution. You can only add amendments. A balanced-budget amendment, for instance. Or an amendment that says that members of Congress cannot exempt themselves from laws they impose upon the peasants.
This is amazing. What Levin has proposed is a convention to propose amendments to the constitution and these people are against allowing any debate on proposing amendments?
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If you wanted to make sure the Congress didn't exempt itself from laws, for instance, why didn't Martha Stewart's attorneys appeal her conviction on the basis of the Equal Protection Clause? Anyone convicted of 'insider trading' would have the same defense--that they had not received equal protection under the law because others were blatantly violating the same laws but were somehow exempted from them.
One final point, 'cause I think we're going to disagree on this FRiend, The people we are dealing with have not concerned themselves with the niceties of the spirit nor the letter of the Law, in fact they have shown the utmost contempt for both. There is no guarantee whatsoever that the results of such a convention will benefit America, Liberty, nor our descendants. With the incredible number of people who have no employment, no business to run, no fortunes nor sacred honor to pledge to the task, there remains the possibility that such a Convention will be hijacked by the parasite class, and the end result will be far from what those who want this have intended. This razor can cut in any direction, and it is a mere tool, without conscience nor moral obligation.