Posted on 02/16/2017 4:35:33 PM PST by ameribbean expat
One of Gov. Greg Abbotts emergency items moved one step further Thursday when a Senate committee recommended a resolution that would back a convention of states.
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved Senate Joint Resolution 2, by state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, which calls for a national convention that would allow states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution an action that could only happen with a two-thirds majority, or 34 states, signing onto the idea.
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We’re one step closer in Texas. We have the governor’s support.
Extremely bad idea - liberals will take it over and the results will damn us all.
Good intensions and all that, will go up in socialist smoke.
Cue the “we shouldn’t do this because somehow every Republican legislature and governor will backstab us” comments.
Cue the we shouldnt do this because somehow every Republican legislature and governor will backstab us comments.””
The old media has cleverly turned republicans against republicans. Odd isn’t it. Notice how 95% of republican legislators are indeed supporting President Trump.
Leave the U.S. Constitution alone.
Go Governor Abbott!
Lets get it done.
There will be no rules behind closed doors
The government largely ignores the Constitution now. How will rewriting parts of it suddenly make them obey it? Will they abolish the Fed immediately after they finish the convention? lol.
The problem is that we have a very uninformed, government-schooled electorate. That will only get worse. The real long term solution is separation of school and state. No one here or anywhere else is listening.
All YOUR wants are GOOD ideas. but what about the millions of Yahoos who think other than you and want abortion, homosexual rights, free tuition, and no taxes. Won't they have some say also?
I say be very careful what you ask for because such a convention might just be a Progressive trap.
Rush onward, FOOLS.
Exactly. It is fine just the way it is.
If one wants to force the issue on obeying the Constitution, how about some of these State officials practice nullification and interposition vs the Feds? Crickets...
It has to be approved by state legislatures. Anything that’s recommended that is. There are more center right state legislatures than left wing. The so called run away convention is not possible. People who don’t know what they re talking about say that, imo.
Convention of states is not a “we’ll rewrite the Constitution meeting”
It is a method for States to reign in Federal encroachment of States authority. It’s been a creeping disease for my lifetime.
I understand your concern, but I don’t think you understand the process.
I have reservations about this.
We’ll see how it plays out.
This is the season of the RINO.
Let’s reflect for a moment on how the caucuses turned out for us in 2016. Almost none of them (perhaps zero) backed the guy we have now. The GOPe maintained full control over them.
So now we want to trust some of these same states to get it right, with heavy GOPe influence.
Sorry, that seriously causes me to do a reality check here.
Let the games begin. We’ll observe how well it works.
We always have these grandiose ideas, but they seldom turn out as planned.
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The amendatory process under Article V consists of three steps: Proposal, Disposal, and Ratification.
Proposal:
There are two ways to propose an amendment to the Constitution.
Article V gives Congress and an Amendments Convention exactly the same power to propose amendments, no more and no less.
Disposal:
Once Congress, or an Amendments Convention, proposes amendments, Congress must decide whether the states will ratify by the:
The State Ratifying Convention Method has only been used twice: once to ratify the Constitution, and once to ratify the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition.
Ratification:
Depending upon which ratification method is chosen by Congress, either the state legislatures vote up-or-down on the proposed amendment, or the voters elect a state ratifying convention to vote up-or-down. If three-quarters of the states vote to ratify, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.
Forbidden Subjects:
Article V contains two explicitly forbidden subjects and one implicitly forbidden subject.
Explicitly forbidden:
Implicitly forbidden:
Reference works:
Frequently Asked Questions About a Convention of the States
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments: A Guide for Lawyers and Legislative Drafters
The huge, unanswered question is “What is the current actual count of states?”
8 states: AL, AK, FL, GA, IN, LA, OK, TN
Thank you sir.
The reason I would LOVE to have a convention of the states IS TERM LIMITS!!!
That is what You want it to do but legislation in progress has a strange way of being amended as it goes along. The final legislative product is NEVER what it started as.
Of course what do I know? Only 40 years in government ranging from a senate staff to a defense bureaucracy and the intelligence community.
What are your qualifications to speak at all?
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