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At one time, maybe. Anyone think a convention today would be fair and balanced? Our alleged reps in CONgress rarely are looking out for their constituents any more. So who would you trust in this? I know, "safe". "Effective".
1 posted on 09/18/2022 9:47:55 AM PDT by rktman
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Or the liberals take over the convention and Conservatives lose ….. too risky


2 posted on 09/18/2022 9:50:31 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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An Article V Convention of States is NOT a "Constitutional Convention."

It's only power is to propose Constitutional Amendments which must be ratified in the ordinary Constitutional manner.


3 posted on 09/18/2022 9:50:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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Doesn’t Congress have a role in that process? I don’t remember.


4 posted on 09/18/2022 9:50:52 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Don’t forget the senate. Just like congress, they are pretty much bought and paid for.


5 posted on 09/18/2022 9:52:08 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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A constitutional convention in today's America would result in converting our Republic into a "democracy" ... something the Founders feared and, from their exhaustive knowledge of history and from their wisdom, rejected outright.

Then, by majority vote of an ignorant, unwise public, capitalism would be replaced by socialism which would then devolve into communism (a tyranny far greater that anything we have in America today). This isn't conjecture ... it's a certainty.

6 posted on 09/18/2022 9:54:02 AM PDT by glennaro (Live life unbullied and unafraid. Choose to ignore or fight the irrationality that surrounds you.)
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With so widespread corruption in the government I would not trust them to change the Constitution.


9 posted on 09/18/2022 9:59:50 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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“Constitutional Convention Is How ‘We, the People’ Take Power Away from D.C.”

No, anyone that thinks changing a piece of paper that is already TOTALLY IGNORED by the Left will improve things is dreaming.

The way we take back power is to DRIVE THEM OUT at the ballot box, assuming that we can have enough fair elections to do so.


11 posted on 09/18/2022 10:01:32 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 46 degrees)
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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.


22 posted on 09/18/2022 10:18:01 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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rktman :" ..Anyone think a convention today would be fair and balanced?.."

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.

24 posted on 09/18/2022 10:26:24 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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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.


31 posted on 09/18/2022 10:43:56 AM PDT by Flying Circus (God help us )
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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.


36 posted on 09/18/2022 10:56:17 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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Great! Let’s put the California legislature in charge of the country. What could go wrong???


40 posted on 09/18/2022 11:01:30 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Drivel

The law is destroyed and can not be reinstated.

First there must be war and bloodshed


44 posted on 09/18/2022 11:25:44 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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Think: Soros. Pelosi. Obama. Schwab. Clinton...
Open that lock and you’ll never close it again.
Just don’t.


46 posted on 09/18/2022 11:30:12 AM PDT by tsomer
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To: AllAmericanGirl44; Amagi; aragorn; arthurus; bamahead; Baynative; bigfootbob; Bratch; BreezyDog; ...

Article V ping.


50 posted on 09/18/2022 11:40:08 AM PDT by Publius
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The current Constitution is not followed. What makes anyone think amendments from a Convention of States will anymore be followed?


54 posted on 09/18/2022 12:05:37 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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There are no rules governing the agenda of an article V convention. The Dems will give us all manner of crazy like directly elected presidents.


57 posted on 09/18/2022 12:40:42 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!!!)
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Fair and balanced isn’t what we’re looking for, see post 3.


61 posted on 09/18/2022 1:40:27 PM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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The Tenth Amendment is where we the people take ou8r country back. Use it.


63 posted on 09/18/2022 2:27:35 PM PDT by Uncle Sham
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Nonsense.

It is time to “Restore the Constitution”!

It is not broken, the Fed Bureaucracy is.

Freedom Works, DC does NOT!

It is Time to #DownSize_DC!”

Close entire Rogue/Unconstitutional Departements, including their Swat Teams.


67 posted on 09/18/2022 7:07:45 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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