Posted on 04/14/2012 9:30:37 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
On second thought, eliminating direct election of Senators would be a very good thing, but first things first.
It's already there in Article Four, Section 4.
Under no circumstances would an Article V “Constitutional Convention” simply erase the existing Constitution and force something new and weird down our throats. Please folks, relax.
Article V describes how to AMEND the Constitution. There is nothing in the Constitution — anywhere — about dissolving the Union. Zero. Nada. And if such an assembly even TRIED to write a new Constitution (good luck with that!) then any such proposal would require the approval of 3/4ths of the state legislatures for ratification, which I simply don’t believe would ever get off the ground. We are not idiots and they are not forcing anything down our throats. Period.
The Framers originally planned for a States’ Convention as the ONLY way to offer amendments. They allowed Congress as a second means to amend the Constitution only at the last minute. (On the second to last day of the Constitutional Convention, if I’m not mistaken.)
Personally, I no longer trust any of those bums in Congress, so it SHOULD be up to the States to propose amendments. Let’s start with term limits, which Congress will NEVER approve. Or a clarification of the Commerce Clause.
I do like jdirt’s proposal to amend Article V such that a Convention may ONLY offer ONE amendment at a time. That would cool a lot of fevered brows and give the States much more confidence to propose needed amendments. But no Convention will take place until Congress calls one, at the request of 2/3rds of the States, which they have steadfastly refused to do.
I also agree with volunbeer, that even one more liberal on the Supreme Court will doom the Constitution to irrelevancy. We all agree that the feds should abide by our founding document, but how do we punish them for failing to do so? Only the States have the power to put pressure on the feds, and so far they aren’t doing much about it.
Without federal compliance to the Constitution, we have no government. Simple as that.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
SCOTUS 5-4 decision - How can this language mean something different to 4/5 SCOTUS justices?
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al. v. HELLER
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit
No. 07290. Argued March 18, 2008Decided June 26, 2008 District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to issue 1-year licenses; and requires residents to keep lawfully owned firearms unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar device. Respondent Heller, a D. C. special policeman, applied to register a handgun he wished to keep at home, but the District refused. He filed this suit seeking, on Second Amendment grounds, to enjoin the city from enforcing the bar on handgun registration, the licensing requirement insofar as it prohibits carrying an unlicensed firearm in the home, and the trigger-lock requirement insofar as it prohibits the use of functional firearms in the home. The District Court dismissed the suit, but the D. C. Circuit reversed, holding that the Second Amendment protects an individuals right to possess firearms and that the citys total ban on handguns, as well as its requirement that firearms in the home be kept nonfunctional even when necessary for self-defense, violated that right.
Much simpler, and safer, to simply throw all the bums out...and replace them with men and women who understand the basic obligations of their sacred oaths of office.
Much simpler, and safer, to simply throw all the bums out...and replace them with men and women who understand the basic obligations of their sacred oaths of office.
First of all, consider the following states, and the fact that the majority of the individual states in the USA are conservative:
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Mississippi
South Carolina
Indiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
New Hampshire
West Virginia
That's 25 states we can usually depend on to be conservative. The next group are iffy:
Nevada
Colorado
New Mexico
Missouri
Ohio
Florida
Iowa
That's 32. We'll still need 2 more from one of these more liberal states:
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Maine
Delaware
Depending on how bad things get, it might be doable.
Finally, states that would stab us in the back (in order of their conservative minority to liberal majority--in my opinion):
Minnesota
Illinois
New Jersey
Washington
Oregon
Rhode Island
Hawaii
California
New York
Vermont
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
So that would be how the Constitutional Convention would line up. Your mileage may vary!
Supposedly a majority of States have already taken action, filing a Notice with the International Court in the Hague that we are no longer members of the Corporation known as THE UNITED STATES (see The US is a corporation, not a country http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/us_corporation.htm). According to the folks @ www.freedomreigns.us, we will be going back to the original Constitution before the “Act of 1871” was forced upon us, which turned us into slaves to the corporation. If you listen to the recording done on March 28 (under Alerts tab) with David Wilcock and an “insider” named Drake, they give some specifics. Supposedly this action gives the Military the authority to follow the orders of WE THE PEOPLE. Again, according to them this plan has been in place for over 20+ years but no one was willing to do it, until now. Whether this is for real or not is anybody’s guess at this point but I’m sure we’ll soon see if it is.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire!
Say goodbye to a government which is supposed to protect God-given rights. Say hello to a godless, hedonistic, totalitarian state (pretty much what we've become), but enshrined in charter form.
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