[Stop the Feds with Article 5]

I agree!
2/3 of the States should call a Constitution Convention and explicitly define the Commerce Clause in an amendment. With 3/4 States ratification, we can reduce the power from DC to an acceptable level.

[Ken H]

2/3 of the States should call a Constitution Convention and explicitly define the Commerce Clause in an amendment. With 3/4 States ratification, we can reduce the power from DC to an acceptable level.

Agree. Madison stated very clearly the original understanding of the power to regulate commerce among the several states:

...it grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government...

James Madison to Joseph C. Cabell, 13 Feb. 1829

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_3_commerces19.html

[txhurl]

I agree!
2/3 of the States should call a Constitution Convention and explicitly define the Commerce Clause in an amendment. With 3/4 States ratification, we can reduce the power from DC to an acceptable level.

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And there is probably not a better time to do it, either!

Every state has some resource the feds either have their grubby paws on or is eying.

[Jack Black]

2/3 of the States should call a Constitution Convention and explicitly define the Commerce Clause in an amendment. With 3/4 States ratification, we can reduce the power from DC to an acceptable level.

The Republic would likely not survive such an exercise. Read Volume 3 of Travis McGee's excellent "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" series to see who liberal activists might likely hijack such a proceeding. At a minimum I expect the 2nd Ammendment would be "revised", but probably a bunch of other things, too.

I think it is way too risky an endevour. Why not pass the ammendments using the traditional process?