Posted on 02/18/2015 3:14:56 AM PST by Jacquerie
That is an excellent question. Tax squabbles of that sort are what did in the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was supposed to put an end to such petty economic warfare between the States before it resulted in gunfire.
Oh well. It just goes to prove Sam Francis’ old saw that the Constitution has never interfered with how we run the government. Barky Obama being the ultimate example.
Yes, my state is one of them. It passed virtually entirely along party lines, with all the Chicago machine Dems voting IN FAVOR of an Article V convention, and all the conservative Republicans from downstate voting AGAINST one: http://rockrivertimes.com/2014/12/04/illinois-third-state-to-call-for-constitutional-convention-to-overturn-citizens-united/
Mark Levin and the Chicago Democrat machine that created Obama are on the same side on this issue. Isn't that special?
For those who want to "enpower the states to take back their authority", Illinois is a utopia. Our state government has no qualms whatsoever of acting on its own regardless of what the federal government or its own citizens want, and has over 6,968 units of state government, more than any other state in the union.
Aren't I lucky to have a state legislature that "recognizes its power and stands up to the feds"? They've passed all kinds of other goodies at the state level that the feds won't do, like in-state tuition for illegal aliens. If you want to see what unbridled power at the state level looks like, Illinois is your prime example.
Illinois is more unique than most, I guess. Perhaps the worthy citizens of Illinois are a bit more passive than they ought to be.
The proposing convention vote by Illinois is for the explicit reason of overturning the citizens united decision. We have been discussing a convention to propose an Amendment repealing the 17th Amendment thus restoring one of the provisions of the original Constitution, you are comparing apples and oranges. Of course Democrats want to overturn Citizens United, it breaks their stranglehold on fund raising, but you will never find the dems voting to repeal the 17th Amendment because that is the source of their centralized statist power in Washington DC. And to try to connect Mark Levin to Democrat efforts to overturn Citizens United is pretty pathetic to say the least, but it does prove one thing for certain, none of you progressives can ever be trusted to be completely honest in your arguments.
Libtards are eager to get in there and change the Constitution, they’ve wanted to for years.
Libtard Larry Sabato wrote a book about it before Levin did.
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