Sometimes I wonder which side she is on.
As for an Article V Convention of States being gimicky — blame the Framers. They put it in there. As for Scalia’s opinion, his comment was about a constitutional convention, not an Article V Convention of states. Ww do not know what he thought about amending the Constitution in order to restore states rights. I can tell you that Schlafly’s plan is only good for as long as brave Republicans control congress. How often does that happen? As soon as it goes to Democrat control the deal is off. The Article V Convention of States liberty amendments would apply at all times no matter who was in control.
Furthermore, a toolbox is for using all the tools necessary. There is no reason to choose between Congress controlling the purse and a Constitutional Article V Convention of States. We should use every tool available to us just as the left does. In this case the answer is “All of the above.”
The big lesson here for conservative’s... no matter how much you love getting stuff for free... don’t accept a free weekend at a “ranch” resort out in the middle of nowhere next to the Mexican border from a Democrat insider.
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
“Relax, “ said the night man,
“We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! “
Although this Phyllis Schlafly article proposes that Congress block any further judicial appointments proffered by the Obama administration, in an aside she condemns a "constitutional convention." Some comments on this thread are about that condemnation.
Either way, the President rules by decree where his party can prevent an override of his veto.
I need to go re-read Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer but my understanding is that this is all "legal."
Corrected.
Also consider;
With the change in the USSC over the weekend, The NBC status of Cruz and Rubio is going to be a train wreck. It makes it very important that neither get the nomination.
Anybody that thinks this is not going to be litigated by the democrats if either of the two gets the nomination is not accepting reality. A liberal or even tied USSC does not bode well for a decision that favors Cruz or Rubio.
Alito, Thomas, and... who? Roberts?!?
-PJ
Unfortunately they do not make them like Phyllis Schlafly anymore. Even more unfortunate is they don’t make them like Scalia anymore either.
They are all being spied on by the NSA.
Scalia was Breitbarted.
Again the timing was right before Andrew was going to come out with some major video on Obama. The timing again was quite remarkable.
The mind control of the public is astounding.
Untimely??
Psalm 90:10
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
I dunno. I kinda like them asleep.
When they are awake the only thing on their mind is trying to screw us.
Aside from a Convention, how do we make changes that are permanent? What is left of the Reagan legacy, for instance?
Universities in the late 60’s and early 70’s started us down this slippery slope. These institutes of higher learning pressed the idea, that we should look to ourselves and not God's Word, or any authority within our nation, for our ideals and actions.
Remember their rallying call of “The Media is the Message”. They infiltrated the media, the judicial, the legislative, and the churches, to change them from the inside, profoundly. While ignoring authority, once in power, they always demand top down authority, and expect those below to follow their orders. An example is the the current President's Executive Orders.
Like sleeper cells,they moved quietly, into positions of power, helping those of like mind along the way. All the time looking, not at God's Word for their authority, and the ideals expressed in the Constitution, but to the ideals expressed by socialism. Once in power they had the ability to twist these institution to their will. Power from the top down, not from the citizens up.
Out of this came the Hippie Movement, drug nation, pro-abortion, anti-death penalty, and the sexual revolution, with its ultimate aim of legitimizing anything that the Word of God calls an sin, or an abomination.
This was all aimed at the ultimate destruction of our Constitutional Republic. The seeds were planted by those who looked to socialism and all the other isms, for their inspiration. At all times these movements used the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, to pervert the original intent of each amendment, and the clear meaning of the words contained therein.
All the while demanding free speech and legitimacy for their causes, their ultimate goals was the destruction of our Constitutional Republic which guarantees these freedoms.
We have seen the destruction of one of the two major political parties, and its conversion from the Democratic-Republican Party (its original name) to a Socialist-Democrat Party. Even their main spokesperson can't tell you the difference between the Democrat Party and Socialism, as expressed by Bernie Sanders.
Unfortunately we have two enemies, not only at the gates, but within the gates. Those who hold socialism as their highest ideal have demanded open borders, which in turn bring those, intent upon our destruction, within. They demand more centralized power for an Imperial Presidency, which both feel they control.
Each of these enemies swear their allegiance to ideals anathema to our Constitution. Sharia Law and the ideals of Socialism both call for a fundamental change to our laws and the destruction of of nation. Each group thinks that once our Constitutional Republic is destroyed, they will gain ultimate power. Each has a past history of death and destruction in their wake.
Radical Islamist look to Iran as an example of what happens when socialist and Muslim extremist join together to destroy a nation. The Mullahs gained power, and destroyed the socialist. Socialist believe that because we are not a Muslim nation, they will have power. Both lead to anarchy and death.
Hopefully we have time to avoid the path each of these enemies has plotted for our nation. We need to restore our American Republic, close the borders, expel those illegal aliens intent upon our destruction, and restore the original intent of our Constitution.
Our founding fathers gave us, the citizens of the United States, the right to hold a Convention of States. The Convention of States is not a Constitutional Convention, like that held in Philadelphia to write the Constitution.
A Convention of States is a way, guaranteed under the Constitution, for we the citizens of the United States, to amend the Constitution directly. This is one of the checks built into the Constitution, that allows us to avoid an Imperial Presidency, and a Judicial Branch that writes, rather than interprets law.
We find ourselves in this condition, because the President chooses a nominee, not based on their impartiality and fidelity to the Constitution, but on the basis of continuing the degrading of our Republic.
Again, there is one solution, and that is a Convention of States.
Restore Our American Republic
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ROAR