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To: 2ndDivisionVet

37 .... just happens to be the number required to call a constitutional convention.

:)


17 posted on 03/17/2010 6:03:40 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

43 is required to achieve 3/4 of the 57 States


20 posted on 03/17/2010 6:23:49 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"37 .... just happens to be the number required to call a constitutional convention."....

Now that's an interesting "factoid" - thanks for cheering me up a bit!!

25 posted on 03/17/2010 6:51:52 PM PDT by 88keys ("conservative Republican" should not be an oxymoron...can we fix it?!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"or on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, "

Only 34 are needed to call a Convention. Then three quarters or 38 are needed to ratify amendments.

27 posted on 03/17/2010 9:26:38 PM PDT by Solitar ("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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