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To: DoodleDawg

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The way forward is for the states, in their resolution language, to simply quote the part of Article V, which compels Congress to call the amendments convention:

The Congress ... on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments[.]

A minimalist resolution basically quoting Article V provides no purchase for legal challenge and is effectively saying to Congress, “The Constitution says we can demand it...so we’re demanding it. Period.” The bonus of taking this path of least resistance is that there are already 18 states with valid resolutions of this type — and those resolutions never expire!
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9 posted on 02/01/2014 4:57:33 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
The bonus of taking this path of least resistance is that there are already 18 states with valid resolutions of this type — and those resolutions never expire!

Two-thirds of the states is 34. Only 16 more to go, ten of which are Blue States. Like I said, good luck.

43 posted on 02/01/2014 10:09:57 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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