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To: TomGuy
Oh yes we really want a convention of the States-sarcasm!

Imagine a convention including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Maine, Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, California, New Mexico, Minnesota etc. etc.(H*ll, even Iowa is doubtful, the left has really been working, thus they are winning.) Our problem is the Third World invasion being used by our own indigenous Third World demographic to gain political control. There will have to be a fight first. If we win the fight then we can tinker with the "Convention." The States of 1790 are not the States of 2014.

54 posted on 04/15/2014 5:36:07 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Imagine a convention including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Maine, Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, California, New Mexico, Minnesota etc. ...

Many of these are the same states that are currently trying to dismantle the Electoral College for presidential elections. After 200+ years, why? And many smaller states are too stupid to realize that, if the EC were dismantled, they would have zero influence in presidential elections. Future elections would be controlled by large population centers: NYC, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.
56 posted on 04/15/2014 5:42:23 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS; TomGuy; hattend; 2ndDivisionVet; mabarker1; RIghtwardHo; House Atreides; ...
The states will not send schlubs off the street, nor even representatives to the convention.

States will send delegates. These agents of the states will have commissions that delineate exactly what they are authorized to do.

For example, here is the summary of Florida's bill, HM609:

<>Article V Constitutional Convention: Establishes qualifications of delegates & alternate delegates to Article V constitutional convention; provides for appointment of delegates by Legislature; authorizes Legislature to recall delegate & fill vacancy; authorizes presiding officers to call special legislative session to carry out certain provisions relating to appointments; requires delegates to sign oath; provides for instructions to delegates; establishes circumstances under which convention vote is declared void; provides circumstances under which delegate's appointment is forfeited; establishes circumstances under which application to call Article V convention ceases to be continuing application & is deemed to have no effect; provides penalties; establishes delegate advisory group.<>

62 posted on 04/15/2014 9:51:04 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better - Richard Hooker. Article V.)
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