It's still 3 down, 31 to go, to make 34.
Posted on 05/14/2015 3:31:12 PM PDT by cotton1706
We have great news from Austin!
The Texas House passed the Convention of States resolution (HJR 77) today by a vote of 80-62!
We couldn't be prouder of our team in Texas -- they responded to our call to action, overwhelming the Texas legislature with calls and emails of support. This victory would have been impossible without their dedication, patriotism, and tenacity.
Next our resolution will move to the Texas Senate. Be looking for a specific call to action within the next few days explaining exactly who to contact and what to say!
(Excerpt) Read more at conventionofstates.com ...
ping
Way to go Texas!
What is its chance of passing in the Texas Senate?
I am so frustrated at the slow progress.
Just do it!
Sorry, this thing makes me uneasy. I can’t shake the worry that if a Convention is ever called the liberals would find some way to highjack it.
How many more states do we need to have a constitutional convention? What is the magic number? Is it 37 or 38 states. We are getting closer and closer to that mark. Now, if and when we reach that magic number, will the rest of the states join?
Article V ping!
It's still 3 down, 31 to go, to make 34.
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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:
I have two reference works for those interested.
The first is from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative pro-business group. This document has been sent to every state legislator in the country.
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
The second is a 1973 report from the American Bar Association attempting to identify gray areas in the amendatory process to include an Amendments Convention. It represents the view of the ruling class of 40 years ago. While I dislike some of their conclusions, they have laid out the precedents that may justify those conclusions. What I respect is the comprehensive job they did in locating all the gray areas. They went so far as to identify a gray area that didn't pop up until the Equal Rights Amendment crashed and burned a decade later. Even if you find yourself in disagreement with their vision, it's worth reading to see the view of the ruling class toward the process.
Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee
Here is the Indiana commissioning statute.
Be careful what you ask for. The communists and their media and their judges will do everything they can, including violence and murder, character assassination to stack the deck in that convention. Every patriotic American should be present to prevent that from happening.
The country has been hijacked.
The Constitution has been thrown in the dumpster.
You’re not being protected from anything by fearing or opposing the states themselves, under Article V, convening to reign in the feds.
At such an Article V convention of the states, the very states that want to reign in the feds will convene to pass amendments to the Constitution designed to do just that, reign in the feds.
It takes 3/4 of these states to pass any amendment.
The process will be transparent.
How will “liberals” hijack it?
Instead of fearing, you can become informed as to what it is, where it springs from, how it works.
You need thirty-four. Three states have passed it through their full legislatures. Thirty-one to go. A number of states are halfway there.
The Texas House was the tougher one of the two.
The Texas Senate is a lot more conservative than the House is and will slam dunk this.
You don’t understand what it is.
It cannot be hijacked by outsiders.
Those on the inside can only be the very ones who are determined to reign in the feds and restore Constitutional governance.
Please read Post #11.
“...Be careful what you ask for...”
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I know EXACTLY what I am asking for.
And YOU should go do your homework before you spout off.
See Proverbs 17:28
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