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It is time, and little of it remains.

Elections alone cannot remedy what ails our sick republic.

1 posted on 06/12/2014 5:08:42 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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2 posted on 06/12/2014 5:09:55 PM PDT by Jacquerie (To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th. Article V.)
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The train is leaving the station.
Get on board.
Just do it.
Let’s roll!


3 posted on 06/12/2014 5:11:22 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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New rules for Demo Presidents to blissfully ignore?


5 posted on 06/12/2014 5:11:50 PM PDT by samtheman
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Overall, this is a good article.
Clarifying a few things:
"... to begin continue planning for the first state-led revisions to the U.S. Constitution ..."
"... Nothing like this has ever occurred in over two centuries ..."

7 posted on 06/12/2014 5:18:27 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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the approach appears to be careful and deliberate.
this will not proceed rapidly


8 posted on 06/12/2014 5:19:50 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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Let me guess. Eliminate the 1st and 2nd amendment. And unless you have nothing to hid, get rid of the 3rd too. 4 5 6 7 8. Screw them. They are old white dude amendments. 9 and 10. Who even knows what those mean. Where’s my obamaphone?


10 posted on 06/12/2014 5:22:33 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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Only one Amendment is needed, and all our problems are over:

“No presumption of corporate jurisdiction shall be made until proof is warranted before its enforcement in each application.”


11 posted on 06/12/2014 5:22:49 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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For starters: give the Tenth Amendment the teeth it requires.


12 posted on 06/12/2014 5:23:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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And if we end up losing our Bill of Rights?


13 posted on 06/12/2014 5:26:18 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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here are a few amendments to the U.S. Constitution that I would like to see :

1: No person who has not served honorably in the United States Armed Forces will be eligible to hold the office of President of the United States

2: No one not born to U.S. citizens , father and mother , shall be eligible to vote in U.S. national elections . The right to vote will be conferred to those born of U.S. citizens only . The U.S. born children of U.S. born children , of immigrants will gain the right to vote in U.S. national elections upon that 2nd generation coming of voting age and while residing as citizens of the United States .
Any child born in the United States to persons not citizens of the United States shall not be considered a citizen of the United States by reason of birth location alone . Children born in the United States to non-citizens of the United States will be considered citizens of the country of birth of the non-U.S. citizen parents .
They shall not hold the right to vote in national elections within the United States .


14 posted on 06/12/2014 5:28:47 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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The Problem is that the Ruling Class isn’t following the Constitution as written right now.

What good are new articles going to do? They’ll just ignore them too.


16 posted on 06/12/2014 5:30:21 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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The states must take back the power granted to them in the Constitution and refuse all monies and taxes and laws and lawless federal thugery that the now neo nazi federal government has shamelessly stolen from them. They need to run the end around the obamantion before he crowns himself king of the now sickly and hurting America.
17 posted on 06/12/2014 5:31:23 PM PDT by kindred (They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. Salvation by Lord Jesus only!)
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This is truly an exciting exciting development watching state legislators lay the foundation for a convention that will put the fear of God Almighty into the corrupt miscreants of the ruling class!


19 posted on 06/12/2014 5:31:42 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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The significance of the work undertaken by The Mount Vernon Assembly to prepare for a future Convention of the States was not lost on the 94 official and participating delegates, mostly Republicans, who filled the House chamber

The Republican Representatives are not the political progeny of the founders of the Constitution nor do they represent the people (for the most part)Republicans represent big business and big money...

A rewrite of the Constitution will benefit only big business and put the screws to those of us who are pro America...

Most Republicans are globalists and are not interested in State or National sovereignty...

20 posted on 06/12/2014 5:33:15 PM PDT by Iscool
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I'm sure that they'll do a good job on the Constitution in order to keep us all safe and get more of what they're entitled to.

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”


31 posted on 06/12/2014 5:41:53 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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Sadly at this time this will lead to a severe turn away from freedom and the constitutional principle that made this country great. Today we have a society that is so dumbed down, and so clueless that they will do far more harm than good. In this world today society embraces all things that go against the very foundation of this country and a free and functioning country. In short the Liberals and the socialists will have a field day with it.

If conservatives and true American patriots are unable to do anything about what is going on in government today. If they can’t even do anything about massive violations of the law by the branches of Government. Then they sure won’t be showing up in any controlling way at a constitutional convention. What you will end up with will not even resemble the constitution that founded this nation.


32 posted on 06/12/2014 5:43:59 PM PDT by Revel
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It will be exciting to see our Constitution changed into something more resembling local planning and building codes, except that the text will probably be about as accessible as property tax assessment information. I'm sure that our state and local socialist political folks would see to it that they have plenty of discretion to fix everything for us.

In my more sincere opinion, we need new leadership in all levels of government, business and academia. That's the honest solution. There's too much corruption. Our nation is morally bankrupt and probably needs the remainder of the default process and a new, production beginning.


38 posted on 06/12/2014 5:49:56 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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...a new, productive beginning, even.


40 posted on 06/12/2014 5:51:40 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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My 10 preferred action items:

1)Repeal the 17th amendment

2)Repeal the 16th amendment

3)Require that the prior year’s total fiscal spending, minus federal tariffs and usage fees received during that year, be apportioned according to each representative and senator in Congress. For each state, sum the total of each representative and senator’s apportionment and divide by 12. This becomes the state’s federal tax bill that the state can now tax how it wants to meet it’s obligation. The state may not disburse any other funds to any other recipient until the federal tax bill has been paid.

4) All senator’s, representatives, President, Vice President and cabinet members salaries will be held in escrow until a budget has been passed during each fiscal year. The budget shall be submitted according to each cabinet position, voted on in order of cabinet position created with the oldest positions being voted first.

5) No citizen of the United States shall be prohibited by any jurisdiction subject to the Laws of Congress, from owning, carrying on, in or about their person, residence or mode of private transportation, any firearm or ammunition.

6)The commerce clause of the Constitution shall be limited to actual goods that are transported across state lines.

7) The electoral college and electors there of shall be apportioned to the candidate who wins the majority vote in each congressional district. If no candidate receives a majority, then a run off election shall be held between candidates that received at least 15% of the vote. The candidate who receives the most votes in the run off election shall be awarded the electoral seat. The candidate who wins the most votes in the state shall receive one additional electoral vote. The candidate who receives the most congressional districts shall also receive an additional electoral vote. Should there be a tie between the congressional districts, the current sitting Governor shall decide which candidate of the two shall receive the electoral vote.

8) Each state shall meet in unicameral session and shall vote one at a time on a list of candidates to represent the state as that state’s Senator. Senator’s serve at the will of the legislator and may be recalled with the state legislator meeting in unicameral session and by 2/3 rds approving the recall petition.

9) Navigable waterways are defined as waterways that are year round and provide a draft depth of no less than 2 feet.

10) Any public employee, officer, Senator, Congressman or officer of the court, of the United States, regardless of position held, shall be removed from office and denied any other benefit of that office upon conviction for presenting knowingly false information to the public. All reports, letters, or other means of communication from the government shall require a positive statement that the details contained within the document are true and accurate.


45 posted on 06/12/2014 6:02:00 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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They can change it all they want - there are basic precepts that people will still fight for even though the Democrats change it.


49 posted on 06/12/2014 6:06:08 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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