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To: slowhandluke
Voters will have no direct participation in the process.

States will not send representatives. They will send delegates with commissions. Delegates act as agents for their principals, the state legislatures. There is no way a convention can be blown wide open and into a free for all.

Proposed amendments will hopefully be structural in nature (like Mark Levin's) that cannot be ignored. Repealing the 17th amendment, term limits, state review of federal statute, regulations and Scotus decisions aren't subject to Leftist whimsy.

27 posted on 03/18/2014 1:13:14 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Obama has established executive branch precedents that no election can reverse. Article V.)
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To: Jacquerie
Voters will have no direct participation in the process.

Exactly my point, different wording. The first posting said "We will ..." (or some such verb), but we, as in anybody here at FR won't be at that convention, and will have no or limited voice in who goes to that convention. So the "we" that you and I and the rest of the FR crowd are part of will be on the sidelines and we won't do anything but cheer or jeer.

If you remember what the Obama campaign did to the Hillary voters in Texas, you'll have a view on what tricks will be used to pack any new constitutional convention.

As the Admiral said, "It's a trap!".

Rule of law starts with enforcing the laws we have. If the current laws aren't enforced now, then whatever laws there are to keep honest the setup and running of a constitutional convention won't be enforced either.

43 posted on 03/18/2014 9:41:02 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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