You're assuming the consequent that focusing on "States Rights and Control of States Rights" means limiting federal power. It could just as easily mean limiting states rights.
What amendments are you referring to? Can you give examples?
I don't have a particular one in mind but it doesn't take much imagination. How about explicitly expanding the Commerce Clause to encroach on things like state gun laws as has been tried by the left in the past?
I have never heard Levin say or suggest that an Article V Convention of States should be secret nor have I ever heard him refer to secrecy in the original Constitutional Convention. Can you provide references to what you are saying?
I'm not going to rummage through a bunch of old podcasts but Wikipedia says:
> “You’re assuming the consequent that focusing on “States Rights and Control of States Rights” means limiting federal power. It could just as easily mean limiting states rights.”
Possible point but implausible. To think that the States will convene to limit their rights is not going to gain traction anywhere. Think you need to move yourself over to the reality side of the discussion.
> “I don’t have a particular one in mind but it doesn’t take much imagination. How about explicitly expanding the Commerce Clause to encroach on things like state gun laws as has been tried by the left in the past?”
If the left could use a Convention of States as a vehicle to do such a thing they would have already a long time ago. The reality is they are vastly outnumbered in the Article V arena. Such an amendment idea again falls off the reality platform.
> “’m not going to rummage through a bunch of old podcasts but Wikipedia says:
Fair enough but the issue is not a salient one and has no bearing to the issues above.
So far you’ve suggested that States will convene to limit their rights, move control of their rights to the federal government and expand the Commerce Clause to restrict gun rights. In light of the fact that conservatives control 66 of 99 state legislative chambers I think you will have a very difficult time convincing anyone that your views are realistic.
In the past I have counseled people with exaggerated fears that it is possible for them to dream up all sorts of monsters in the attic but then there is reality and facts which are stubborn things.
I’m sticking with ‘States Rights and Control of States Rights’ as the single topic mission statement for the States to rally around.