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Alaska Senate and Florida House Pass Convention of States Application
Convention of States Project ^
| April 21, 2014
| Jim Kinney
Posted on 04/21/2014 2:46:24 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Does it matter which house of a State legislature passes the resolution? Do both houses have to pass it for it to count?
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posted on
04/21/2014 7:35:46 PM PDT
by
CraigEsq
To: Jacquerie
Thanks for the link. I did take a look. But I think they are not responding to a more basic question. The underlying assumption that seems to underpin these efforts is that the individual states are more likely to support a limited role for government than the Federal government would. I think that assumption is a false one.
The states exert far more control over our day to day lives than the Federal government does. So we want an arrangement where at the end of the day the states have even more power? Where is the evidence that the states will act with any more restraint than the Federal government?
To: RKBA Democrat
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:07:00 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Article V.)
To: Jacquerie
An interesting article and thank you for providing. But it still doesn’t answer the basic question: where is the evidence that the states will act with any more restraint than the Federal government? That is to say, where is the evidence that states and localities are any less likely to smash down doors over relatively minor offenses (numerous states), ban certain classes of weapons (CT, NY), increase taxes (numerous states) conduct road side cavity searches (TX), etc?
To: Jacquerie
When will this really get national attention? In my opinion, the less attention, the better, at least at this point.
IIRC Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, (others?) have expressed public support
Support from national pols is good but irrelevant since this is entirely a states matter.
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:26:23 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Now that it has been determined that states cannot rescind their resolutions, what is the count of states? I don't believe that has been determined. There has been no lawsuit filed to my knowledge.
There are currently two separate Article V convention efforts underway - the one in the above article which follows Mark Levin's plan - and another (prior) track that is restricted only to a balanced budget amendment. It is the prior one that has the rescissions under debate. It would not affect this "track" at this point.
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:33:38 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: RKBA Democrat
how to deal with the problem of the individual states not exactly being friendly to the idea of limited government or expanded liberty. That may be true of some states, but not all. The Missouri legislature, for instance, is very interested in both of those. I'm sure there are others as well. It remains to be seen how many fall on each side.
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:36:56 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: CraigEsq
Do both houses have to pass it for it to count? Yes, if the legislature is bi-cameral (Nebraska, IIRC, is uni-cameral) then both houses must pass the resolution. No governor's signature is required, however.
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:39:22 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: House Atreides
the progressives and RINOs will seize effective control by stacking the participants How will they do that since a) each state gets 1 vote and b) the participants are chosen by the state legislatures and c) any amendments proposed must still be ratified by 38 states?
The worst-case scenario is that nothing comes of it at all!
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posted on
04/22/2014 1:46:52 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: Da Bilge Troll
Please put me on y’alls PING List.
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posted on
04/22/2014 8:28:12 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Publius
You have given us a lot of information. If there is a ping list, please add my name.
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posted on
04/22/2014 10:35:29 PM PDT
by
matchgirl
(An Ambassador is dead and Al Qaeda is alive.)
To: Graewoulf; Jacquerie; Publius
Please put me on yalls PING List. Well, I don't have a ping list but there are two that I know of for this topic. Send a PM to Jacquerie and Publius - er, never mind, I'll just ping them here.
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posted on
04/23/2014 2:26:28 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: Da Bilge Troll; matchgirl
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posted on
04/23/2014 2:41:32 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Article V.)
To: Da Bilge Troll; Jacquerie
Graewoulf is now on my list.
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posted on
04/23/2014 2:46:36 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
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posted on
04/23/2014 2:59:24 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Article V.)
To: Carry_Okie
I agree. We ain't got George Washington, Ben Franklin, James Madison, etc. no mo!" We have the likes of a Community Organizer as President, a black crook as Attorney General and states like Massachusetts, New Jersey, "Nu Yawk," Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island, California, Washington, Oregon etc. etc. Just the type of States we wish to have send delegates to any "Convention." Good Lord such a convention would probably pass an amendment declaring marriage to be man with man,and man with animal; all wealth to be taken from any person whose net worth is greater than $0.50 and given to just everybody in the whole world! No white may vote or hold public office, etc. etc.
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posted on
04/23/2014 3:10:56 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: Publius
“Thank you, thankyouverymuch.” (Elvis Presley)
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posted on
04/23/2014 7:10:51 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Da Bilge Troll
Is this different from a Constitutional Convention?
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posted on
04/24/2014 10:20:43 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a pessimist, I say plenty of negative things. Consider it a warning of sorts.)
To: Publius
I’m sure we’d all like for the Second Amendment to be amended to simply read “The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed.”
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posted on
04/24/2014 10:24:01 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a pessimist, I say plenty of negative things. Consider it a warning of sorts.)
To: Repeal The 17th
The liberals would still hijack it, and call for an amendment to remove the Second Amendment.
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posted on
04/24/2014 10:25:34 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a pessimist, I say plenty of negative things. Consider it a warning of sorts.)
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