Posted on 03/01/2016 3:18:27 PM PST by cotton1706
INDIANAPOLISBy joining the call for a Convention of States, Indiana this week became the sixth state in the nation to endorse limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government via amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The question is whether, and how quickly, proponents of states rights can recruit 28 more legislatures to their causean effort bolstered lately by the endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has mentioned it in speeches while campaigning for the presidency.
The Indiana House of Representatives voted 61-36 Monday for a resolution in favor of joining the Convention of States (COS). The Indiana Senate already approved the measure by a 34-16 vote on Feb. 4.
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In their electoral capacity, the people chose representatives to craft statutes on their behalf.
In their sovereign capacity, the people are served by delegates with strict, limited and defined commissions to frame governing institutions superior to representatives.
34 states. We now have 6.
Yea us!
But http://www.conventionofstates.com absolutely refuses to give any news about support from states. I have e-mailed them many times and have not gotten a reply, despite contributing very early on and my state was one of the first to endorse the effort.
Why do the non-responsive a-holes at COS refuse to give me the facts?
What specific kind of information were you looking for outside of the above?
And I have donated.
(I just checked again before posting)
I’ve spotted that information in their occasional press releases and articles. I haven’t seen a running tally on their website, though.
I think the 30-odd states with republican legislatures would be most productive -- like my state, Missouri, where both houses have huge Republican majorities.
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