[taildragger]

Which effort.

The "State Compact" people have 4 states, another 27. I was at a tea party meeting where ehugmmm as I clear my throat, the discussion got rather interesting between the two....

What I didn't know is for every amendment you have to start all over again with the process. Granted they do one, get to know what they are doing it will go sooner and or States will either want to do more or resistance will mount.

I came out disheartened as to what a slog this will be. Compared to the Battle of the Bulge it maybe duck soup and the Republic is worth it.

However, I am not sure Levin and anyone else has prepped us for the long journey it will be IMHO....

[Publius]

That depends on how you define "process." Since the Founding, states have applied for a Convention of the States specifying a particular topic or topics to be addressed by the delegates from the states. This particular effort is based on Mark Levin's book The Liberty Amendments. Georgia was the first to apply for a convention using Levin's suggested language, and the other three states that have signed on have used Georgia's language. The language of the Georgia application addresses a whole series of areas where the states would wish to redress the balance between the states and the federal entity. A convention called by 34 states using the Georgia application language could generate any number of amendments to address the issues. The convention is not dedicated to only one amendment, but to only one subject, the subject stated in the state applications.

If a delegate from New York introduced an amendment proposal to repeal the 2nd Amendment at a Convention of the States called for the purpose of Levin's book and the Georgia language, the presiding officer would gavel it down as outside the purview of the convention's authorized purpose. By that I mean that the distinguished gentlemen from New York would have to fight for a separate convention to address that topic, and he would have to convince at least 34 state legislatures that a convention to repeal the 2nd Amendment was worthy of consideration. Good luck to that.