Posted on 11/13/2015 2:57:32 AM PST by Fhios
I read earlier today that part of the Campus million student march and one of their "demands" is a change in the constitution to benefit black people.
Two years ago I thought the Article V process was going too slow. Now I'm thinking that unless the Scope of the Article V convention is specific I.E changes to the 17th amendment regarding the election of Senators for Congress, then I rather not go forward at all.
What happens if say NY passes the Article V but includes demands for revisions to say the 2nd amendment, or VA or IL demanding changes to the 1st amendment?
If all the states are not on the same page and targeted within scope, then I just as soon as pass on the Article V.
In no way shape or form do I want even the potential for a full blown constitutional convention, not with our current party apparatus. We'll just get bulldozed over by the progressive and media. Are any of the Candidates specifically on board?
However with more individual States having conservative governors and conservative locks on their bicameral house's, an Article V can be done and can be limited? I think Kentucky is the only unicameral state.
If the Article V is limited in scope, it will be in a protective shell. It cannot be influenced from outside, and the scope cannot be changed from within, even by unanimous consent. I want the conventioneers, and their source legislatures, whoever they may be to sign off on that. Hell, even that doesn't sound safe at this point in time.
My question is: Is the Article V proposals coming from the States being limited in Scope? Or are conservatives going in 'at risk' to being coopted and sabotaged from outside and within?
You need a 3/4 super-majority of states for crying out loud. If that many states want to destroy freedom, then we’re all lost anyway.
Co-opt and sabotage doesn’t mean they actually pass something. It means they make it impossible to come to any type of 3/4 agreement.
Anyway, I give up on the Article V. All I hear is jump! jump! jump! .... while I see a perfectly good set of stairs to get down.
Please remove me from ARticle V ping list.
“Please remove me from ARticle V ping list.”
That’s not my list. You asked the wrong one.
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