Democrats and Democratic Tyranny

[Baynative]

The Article V effort has already given conservatives a great strategy for 2014. Here is a tactic to share:

Representatives who attended are listed here. There are also several late entries such as Cary Condratta and Drew McEwen from Washington State.

Everyone should be calling and writing them to show support even if they are not in the same district.

If your representative did not take part they should be encouraged to do so. If they give the argument that they oppose the movement it is a great tool to use against their next campaign.

[DNME]

I understand all the arguments against the 17th Amendment. But by the same token, it is the only thing that allows the people to make radical changes to the Senate’s makeup by electing outsiders.

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Dawg, the Senate is supposed to represent the STATES, not the PEOPLE. The House is popularly elected to serve as the voice of the people, so our voice is (theoretically) heard already.

Another benefit to repealing the 17th would be a severe reduction in the amount of money, especially and most egregiously "out-of-state" money, spent to influence the election and corrupt the candidates. Anybody doubt that most Senators (Dirty Harry Reid comes screamingly to mind here) are bought and well paid for?

I want my Senators to vote strictly for the best interests of my state. Dump the 17th.

[Publius]

I have two reference works.

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 don't like 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 how the ruling class will try to dominate an Amendments Convention.

Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee

[Jacquerie]

Please take a closer look at my post.

[NTHockey]

No, just a committee.

[Jacquerie]

Most impressive.

[Da Bilge Troll]

Excellent!

[TEXOKIE]

bttt

[Loud Mime]

If we didn’t have a 17th Amendment we wouldn’t need Ted Cruz

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Their predictable first reaction will be to smear the reputations and character of Article V/Anti-17th Amendment supporters. Their foul-mouthed gutter attacks will make their jihads against Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, Ken Starr, and Ted Cruz appear rational.

And that's just the establishment Republicans (shudder)!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And therein lies the problem. To avoid a Senate full of progressive establishment hacks of both parties, should the 17th be repealed, the parties need to be cleaned out. You need to get the establishment scum out of the GOP and the communists out of the Dems.

[Jacquerie]

Yeah, that was only half tongue-in-cheek. The Long Knives will be out soon enough.