Posted on 09/18/2022 9:47:55 AM PDT by rktman
Mark Meckler, president of the Convention of States Foundation, discussed the importance of a constitutional convention of the states on Breitbart News Saturday and said it is the “mechanism” for the American people to “take power away from Washington, DC.”
Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle opened the show by asking Meckler why a constitutional convention of the states is needed in today’s America.
Meckler said that the constitution provides this mechanism to give the American people the power to amend the constitution instead of only Congress having that power. He also noted that the founding fathers unanimously agreed on the idea.
“So there was no debate on this, everybody agreed this is something that was going to be necessary, it was inserted into the Constitution unanimously. That’s how we get the right as citizens in our states to call for a Convention of States,” Meckler said.
“It takes two thirds of states to call, so that means 34 states are required to call for a convention,” Meckler explained. “So far 19 states have called, only 15 to go, well past the halfway mark, pushing towards the two thirds mark.”
Meckler then discussed his organization’s proposed amendments to the constitution, which are primarily focused on limiting the federal government’s powers.
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>>Or the liberals take over the convention and Conservatives lose ….. too risky<<
A constitutional convention when called has an agenda before it convenes. It is not a constitutional free for all.
I for one don’t think a CV will ever happen. Too many on the state level that have national aspirations. They end up pissin off support in the U.S. Senate and or House, it may doom chances of running on the national stage.
For this reason, I don’t believe a convention of the states will ever come to fruition. It’s all about power and $$$.
No, ENFORCEMENT of the Constitution AS WRITTEN and ORIGIANLLY understood and intended is how our Free Constitutional Republic is reborn.
A constitutional convention misses the issue and opens the door for MORE abuse.
I have a tendency to agree with you, but I’m warming up to the idea that we are slowly losing the country and where the constitution is irrelevant so why not do something now that takes this situation out of the hands Washington and into the States.
He** NO !
The Founding Fathers were principled and religious men
The number of trustworthy and principled men in Washington I can count on my two hands !
Most of the Washington establishment can be bought off,.. right Geo. Soros ?
They hold Hunter in high esteem for his craftyness.
The term is being used interchangeably.
That's independent of an Article V Convention.
They could do that right now if they had the votes.
But they don't, so they aren't.
You don’t understand how Article 5 works.
The gist of this article is the States calling for a convention which is what I was referring to and what this article details.
My point is that I think that in America as our Republic exists today, it would be a dreadful mistake to attempt it. Be assured that I understand -- and mostly respect -- the thoughtful opinions of those on this forum who disagree. These differences of opinion -- as well as the topic itself -- are surely worthy of serious discussion and this forum would be an excellent place to conduct it ... in detail. Cheers!
You seem to be very adept at wringing your hands instead of actually doing something.
Who do you your state reps or your federal reps? I say the state reps: they aren’t as corrupted with power, have more to gain and less to lose from new state’s right amendments. Our system of government isn’t built on our being perfect and moral creatures, but has a complex balance of powers. The balance of power has shifted too far to the feds and article V is the only way to move it back without bloodshed.
Yes.
Congress chooses the method of ratification for EACH proposed amendment, not for the slate of proposed amendments as one single ratification.
The two methods that Congress can choose are: 1) ratification by the legislatures of 3/4ths of the states, or 2) ratification by convention in 3/4ths of the states.
Only one amendment was ratified by convention, the 21st amendment, which repealed prohibition. All the rest were ratified by state legislature vote.
These days, I wonder if a Democrat-controlled Congress would choose the convention method because a majority of the state legislatures are Republican controlled? In fact, to slow things down and cause the most chaos, would they insist that each proposed amendment be ratified by its own separate convention?
-PJ
he balance of power has shifted too far to the feds and article V is the only way to move it back without bloodshed.
That’s it, in a nutshell, thanks.
You have no idea who I am or what I do other than posting and responding to articles on FR, in a respectful manner, but they’re always one person who comes along to exert their supposed expertise and offering nothing in process, congrats on being that person.
Leading to an actual CC. I don’t trust them even this early. 😎✌
We’ve already got the Constitution, which already does that, but the FedGov ignores it and does what it wants anyway. Including the Supreme Court.
Doing this is a pipe dream and a waste of time. There is NO WAY anyone could convince me anything good would come of this.
Another consideration that makes a CC approachable is that all subjects up for discussion and voting must be approved beforehand. So, it is impossible for changes to be slipped in — like all the pork crappola liberals use to fill their pockets.
Here is a suggestion: all executive depts must be moved out of DC and rotated regularly around the country. Spread the tax $$ and get rid of the professional bureaucrats.
Experts? Say, didn’t ‘experts’ tell us to get vaxxed and boostered or face certain painful suffering and death if we didn’t? Didn’t listen to them either. 😎✌
There is NO WAY anyone could convince me anything good would come of this.
Levin’s book was years ago. I’m sure the Trump team is aware of this option. I’ll let them decide.
I wouldn’t rule it out, though. JMO
Great! Let’s put the California legislature in charge of the country. What could go wrong???
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