If the fate of our country depends on the will of one man, we've transitioned from a republic of laws to some form of despotism.
Our once governing institutions have not only been corrupted from their free government purposes, they have come to serve tyranny. Congress no longer represents the collective voices of the people and states; its modern purpose is to rubber-stamp the desires and whimsies of one man, the President.
Voting, which represents the sum of a nation's electoral will, has been shown to be insufficient to restore free government. What remains is for the people to express their sovereign will through a state convention to propose constitutional amendments. Despotic powers are fast falling into the hands of one man. This must be stopped, and the way to do it is to re-federalize the government, beginning with return of the states to the senate.
Repeal the 17A. Article V NOW!
I haven’t forgotten our project at all. But the omnibus budget bill just passed puts the whole republic at grave risk, so much so that if we do not get a strong tough leader like Donald Trump into the White House, efforts to structurally balance the powers between state and federal governments will not matter.
I know full well that although a leader such as President Trump will stop the madness that is going on now, it won’t last once he’s gone unless the Convention of States rises up to counter the overwrought power and corruption that has taken hold inside the Beltway. And as you allude to, the evolution of this concentrated corruption is a direct result of the effect of the 17th Amendment.
As Trump says in regards to wars in the Middle East, we can’t fight everybody at once, we have to take out the enemies we can take out first and then follow through on taking out the remainder. So we start with Trump and continue in orderly fashion with our Convention of States project. If we do not have a President Trump to restrain the Oligarchy, then our COS is buried and lost.
The goal is to reform the Constitution so that a sufficient number of state capitols can counter Washington DC’s encroachment on the freedoms and liberties of Americans. But as mentioned, the idea of state pushback may not even be possible in the next year unless an extraordinarily strong leader is able to rein in the corruption and unmitigated power. For otherwise, a very real domestic war will ensue and our project will be viewed as part of an insurrection. We will not be able to speak freely.
Rush Limbaugh calling to disband the Republican Party is a huge red flag of the emergency we are in. We can continue and even step up a COS but we may have to do so in secret, as much as possible must be kept out of view.