Posted on 09/15/2015 2:06:59 AM PDT by Jacquerie
Conservative media frequently features post mortems on the American Republic, why the greatest experiment in free government failed. Our demise is attributed to various causes, but the most common accusation centers on our collective failure to keep the republic.
Part I established why the states should immediately gather in an Article V amendments convention to restore the American Republic. The convention could remain a permanent institutional feature of the American governing scene by never adjourning sine die, and resolve to meet, for instance, on a particular day the following year. We have little choice but to press our states to convene, for the Uniparty’s long march of abuse through our freedoms and denial of basic rights is accelerating.
To further illustrate the need for an ongoing convention, ask yourself which of our rights are still respected and protected. There are very few. Freedom of the press and the second amendment are in relatively good condition because they have public advocates. Gun rights groups are always attentive and willing to unleash electoral hell on wavering politicians. While much of the dinosaur media unfortunately censors themselves from topics embarrassing to the Uniparty, other forms have emerged to replace them. Like gun rights, the press is relatively free because modern media are ready to likewise visit electoral hell on wavering politicians.
On the other hand, freedoms in danger are those without public advocates. Encroachments of our free exercise of religion, and the security of our homes, persons, papers and effects from unreasonable searches are tragic examples.
Our national experience illustrates that no Constitution is self-enforcing. This shouldn’t be a surprise, for James Madison long ago referred to Bills of Rights as parchment barriers that cannot secure anything in the face of determined opponents. Natural and societal rights are only respected to the extent there are institutions capable of defending them.
When a barbarous and satanic ideology is openly fronted by a powerful advocacy group called CAIR, isn’t it time for patriots to counter with an institution capable of defending the nation?
That institution is right under our noses. Bequeathed to us in Article V of the Constitution is acknowledgment of a societal right of We The People, when acting in sovereign capacity, to shape the supreme law of the land. States may meet in convention and propose amendments to the Constitution. When three fourths of state conventions or state legislatures ratify, the amendments become part of the Constitution.
An annual amendments convention of the states could review any Constitutional clause, Congressional statute, administrative regulation, or Scotus decision that it wished. Islam for instance, could and should be denied First Amendment protection.
Recall the immediate outrage over the Scotus rulings of last June. Scotus determined: homosexual marriage is protected by the 14th Amendment, HHS has the power to forcibly integrate neighborhoods that receive block grants, Obamacare’s precise wording of “exchanges established by the state” didn’t mean “exchanges established by the state.” Is there any doubt these disgraceful rulings would receive careful attention from the states in convention?
Upon establishment of a permanent, recurring state amendments convention, the Uniparty apparatus would be put on notice that a superior power stands ready to recommend the repeal or overturn of any act of Congress, Scotus or the Presidency.
Our times demand immediate action to counter and reverse open Uniparty tyranny and foreign invasions. If the American Republic is to survive, We the People must reestablish control over the government of our creation.
There is no more important or powerful advocacy group than the sovereign people, and no other is sufficiently capable of defending liberty.
Article V now!
This is what Mark Levin has been saying via one of his books.
My tagline. Period.
Either this or America as we know it will not exist in 25 years.
I see three major problems:
1. State legislatures are as jealous of their power as the federal government. Getting 34 states to approve limiting their power is going to be very difficult. Delaware won’t be one of the states approving.
2. Setting and controlling the agenda is a major impediment to a successful convention. I would propose one item be addressed that would encourage states to participate - repeal the 17th amendment, returning power to the state legislatures, with the provision that no sitting Senator can be named by the Legislatures. It is a small item in the grand scheme of freedoms we must regain; but starting small makes it easier to get desired results.
3. Enforcing the results can be problematical, given the current federal propensity to ignore the law when it suits them. An enforcement provision must be included in the amendment, one with the power of force.
The idea of a permanent Article V convention, meeting yearly, will also give state legislatures power. Once an Amendment is enforced, the next Convention can address two items - illegal immigration under the 14th Amendment and repealing DeathCare. However, do not expect the Congress or the SCROTUM to go along. They will pass their own laws, setting up a major battle.
At least you think. Kudos.
We get too many repeat trolls, many of whom known by name that spam “Runaway” too often.
Recall Amendment XIII eradicated slavery.
Until We the Sovereign People establish an institution, an advocacy group to counter the forces of evil like CAIR, and single purpose lobbying groups on capitol hill, we'll soon end up in a police state.
The Uniparty is going nuts over Trump. Imagine the shakeup to our lawless government if they knew a power superior to them stood ready to strike down their statism at every turn.
How are state legislatures limiting their powers by approving Article V?
The passage of the 17th Amendment (Direct election of Senators) rendered the ability of the States to have a direct voice in the running of the federal government. When the interests of the States were rendered moot, the federal government was thus free to also render moot and to nullify the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
It also promoted a hundred years of Scotus decisions hostile to the 9th and 10th.
The states are members of the republic, just as the body of the people, and likewise must have a seat at the legislative table.
The Framing generation took only six years to recognize the Articles of Confederation were insufficient to secure liberty.
We've gone 102 years and the horrid 17th is still with us.
Abandonment of first principles is what got us into this mess. Only a return to them can save the American Republic.
For any Article V Convention:
Recall that the first and best limit to government is a limit on the amount it has available to spend. That is why the first order of business must be how to stop government from having access to as much money as it wants to create out of thin air and limit it only to the amount of money the voters are willing to remit in taxes.
There is no higher earthly power than the decisions of the sovereign people.
It is way past time to establish a standing institution to take on Uniparty tyranny and islamic barbarism.
Politicians always fear that the people want to limit their power. They also fear the unknown. Why would they approve an Article V Convection when, if abused, could lead to abolishing state legislatures by those who would destroy rather than restore our freedoms?
It is not an irrational fear but it is ill-founded. We crave power as much they care about us - that is to say, nothing.
Article V ping.
Do you really think an amendment to abolish sovereign states would be ratified by 38 states?
-PJ
Won’t have to if it is added in convention. That’s the problem; there is no mechanism whereby agenda can be expanded to include other items. That is why I propose that the FIRST year of the convention, tackle ONLY one issue - repeal of XVII Amendment.
That would return power to the state legislature and give them warm and fuzzys. The SECOND year you go after illegals under XIV amendment. By year TEN, we’ll have our freedoms back and then some.
I don't understand your answer.
The convention only proposes amendments, just like how Congress only proposes amendments. Once proposed via either method, it goes to the states for ratification.
Also, all proposed amendments are sent to the states independently to be ratified; they are not treated as one package to be ratified or rejected as a whole.
Why would 38 states ratify doing away with state legislatures?
-PJ
I understand your point. I also understand the many ways that the media and progressives lie. If there is an opportunity for them to disguise a federal takeover of the states as beneficial, they will try. That is all I was trying to get across. I do not trust any method whereby freedoms may/could/might/would be curtailed.
There needs to be more thought on controlling the agenda; which is why I propose only ONE item in the FIRST year.
State legislators are key in carrying out the Article V Convention of States. It isn’t their power that is threatened. The target of correction is a runaway federal government.
Term limits, a balanced budget, Supreme Court redesign, whatever amendments are proposed, they must be ratified by 3/4’s of the States.
Our country continues in a downward spiral or we do something to stop it.
thanks for the ping
It's more important to control the result via ratification.
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