Posted on 04/20/2021 5:16:54 PM PDT by cotton1706
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would add South Carolina to a list of states calling for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The 14-8 vote in the House Judiciary Committee came after arguments from Black lawmakers who fear the open-ended process never used since the Constitution's ratification in 1788 could remove amendments that ended slavery and secured African American voting rights and citizenship.
A conservative lawmaker suggested religious protections and gun rights could be at stake.
The bill would allow South Carolina to join calls for a constitutional convention, limiting the items that could be taken up to spending checks on the federal government, limiting the federal government's jurisdiction and power, and setting term limits for Congress.
About 15 states have passed similar resolutions, and the Constitution requires two-thirds of states, or 34, to call for the convention.
Supporters point out whatever amendments are suggested by the convention would have to be passed by three-fourths of the states — 38 legislatures or special conventions.
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> I didn’t know anybody wanted Inauguration Day returned to March 4.
Well, it would allow more time for legal challenges following an election....
Courts use anything and everything to justify their own position - and movements can use movements to justify anything. Opening up anything in our constitution is likely to end against citizens, period
A Con-Con, despite what Levin says, will be a HUGE mistake!
It’s nice that some people are still pretending we have an operative Constitution, you know that thing, the thing we always talk about, you know the thing.......
.....that both parties abrogated when they swore in the Kenyan from Indonesia.
It's already open! What do you think the Supreme Court does many times when it "interprets" the Constitution? Look at Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges. The Supreme Court is the current Con-Con.
LOL the more courts have power and the more DC has power the less rights we have. You start a system to overturn the system and we’ll have no gun rights, no freedom of speech and no freedom or religion in weeks ever again
So what’s your idea for protecting our rights and freedom?
At this point? There are no good options. Semi libertarians are 3-10% of pop and those in power are not on your side whether R or D.
Libertarians are mostly full on morons.
So are most Dems and Reps. And yourself if you think this cop deserve zero jail time
He deserves a medal and a promotion.
Yes the medal he deserves is iron over his hands and his promotion is abusive a$$hole. He is not guilty of 2nd degree murder but he is guilty of assault, abuse of power and likely manslaughter
HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE AUTOPSY REPORT LINK
You think it’s ok for a cop to have his knee on a suspect’s neck for 10
Minutes? Seriously? Dude you are seriously the reason that people like Maxine waters is in power and you don’t even realize it.
Layer by layer dissection of the anterior strap muscles of the neck discloses no areas of contusion or hemorrhage within the musculature. The thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone are intact. The larynx is lined by intact mucosa. The thyroid is symmetric and red-brown, without cystic or nodular change. The tongue is free of bite marks, hemorrhage, or other injuries. The cervical spinal column is palpably stable and free of hemorrhage.
That was a great post. Thank you for taking the time to do that.
My point > your head. Whether the cop is guilty of 2nd degree murder or not is hardly the point from my POV. Why the F!!!! Do you think the cops behavior was acceptable? Idiots like you are what give BLM ammunition and you seem to thrive on that BS.
If Floyd was white the cops have treated him MUCH WORSE . Unconstrained by racial considerations a white Floyd would have been given a wood shampoo and thrown in the car. AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE SAID A WORD. My contention is that the tried at first to be nice and then it got out of hand.
I don’t disagree with what you just said at all, but it’s not incongruent with abuse and assault
Stop typing and start reading the autopsy. I GAVE YOU THE LINK.
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