[cotton1706]

State number 9!!!

[cotton1706]

Ping!

[Publius]

And now there are 9, and we have 25 to go.

9 states: AL, AK, AZ, FL, GA, IN, LA, OK, TN

[RushingWater]

Term limits on Senators and Representatives!

[Publius]

Here is my usual pedantic boilerplate that explains the process to those who don't understand how it works.

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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.

• The Congressional Method requires the House and Senate to pass an amendment by a two thirds majority.
• The Amendments Convention Method requires the legislatures of two thirds of the states to apply to Congress to call a Convention for Proposing Amendments. Once the two thirds threshold is reached, Congress is required to set a time and place for the convention.

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:

• State Legislature Method, or the
• State Ratifying Convention Method.

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 fourths 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:

• No amendment may be added to the Constitution concerning slavery or capitation taxes until 1808. We’re well past that deadline.
• No amendment may be added to the Constitution to change the principle of equal representation in the Senate unless every state deprived of that right approves. If California wants five senators, every state must have five senators. To permit violation of this principle, every state would have to ratify the amendment, not just three fourths.

Implicitly forbidden:

• The Constitution of 1787 may not be abrogated and replaced with a new document. Article V only authorizes “a convention for proposing amendments to this Constitution;” therefore, the Constitution of 1787 is locked in place forever. Congress and an Amendments Convention have exactly the same Proposal power; therefore, neither Congress nor an Amendments Convention can start over. Both bodies can only propose amendments.

Reference works:

Frequently Asked Questions About a Convention of the States

Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers

State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments: A Guide for Lawyers and Legislative Drafters

[dragnet2]

Term them out!

[Hostage]

Outstanding. Going quicker now.

[lewislynn]

Article V (Part 2) of the US Constitution gives state legislatures the power to amend the US Constitution without the permission or approval of Congress, the President, or the Supreme Court.

That's great news because now they can finally pass an "equal rights amendment". Only this time they can make it not only for women but for EVERYONE that isn't a white heterosexual male including LGBTQ and you name it.

I'll bet those state legislators can't wait to put their own puppet Senators in office so those (rube) voters never have that nonsense of voting for their own candidate ever again.

I can't wait to see the new re-wording of the first amendment with regard to "fake news" and "fake news" organizations.

It will be especially interesting to see the pretty (re) wording of the 2nd amendment taking our gun rights away...

[fision]

Do away with the senates thrones and make them sit at eye level with witnesses during hearings.

[OrangeHoof]

This is also going through the Texas legislature this year and there are radio ads run in support of it. It needs 38 states total before it can become law so this is pretty much a Hail Mary pass to begin with.

[Joe Bfstplk]

Term limits on judges. Election of judges.

[Nateman]

It's not the same Constitution we started with. The Civil War amendments centralized power with the feds to get rid of slavery and now those same amendments are used to justify really bad decisions. Slavery is gone and those obsolete amendments need to go.

The Income Tax was a cancerous addition from day one. It didn't have ANY limit to the amount of theft it could do. It needs to be phased out with a balanced budget amendment.

The direct election of senators was passed by the states because state reps were tired of people paying attention to their elections. It needs to be repealed.

The Court of Supreme Whim was not meant to be the final word and even Jefferson saw that way back when the court seized that power. Congress and/or state legislators need to be the final word.

[cycjec]

Believe me we do not want a Convention (Con-Con)
There is or was a Lawrence Tribe YouTube explaining
that such a convention cannot be limited. Yes, he
waited a long while to tell us all.

[cycjec]

this is a disaster in the making.

[SMGFan]

North Dakota 10th

[SMGFan]

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2017/03/breaking-north-dakota-just-passed-convention-of-states-3493227.html