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2018: David Horowitz: Conservatives Need to Amend the Constitution Now
Patheos ^ | February 1st 2018 | David Horowitz

Posted on 01/08/2022 2:31:44 PM PST by Jacquerie

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To: Publius

You are right. I should have used “pushed in earnest.”


41 posted on 01/08/2022 4:52:49 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie

On that we completely agree.


42 posted on 01/08/2022 5:00:41 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Wrong.

Amendments can call for state voter referendums to nullify refractory powers of certain groups inside federal agencies and branches.

When certain powers are nullified by state referendums, enforcement thereof becomes illegal as well as tyrannical.

For example, Biden deploying the US Army to enforce a nullified mandate. Army Commanders would be on notice that carrying out such unlawful orders could result in criminal charges by tribunal if necessary. This would be a precursor to Civil War.

In such a scenario, Governors in command of their state National Guard would protect the citizenry from such unlawful attacks. US Army Commanders would have no choice but to resign or oppose. The ensuing Constitutional crisis would drive Biden from power as his illegal actions would break his chain of command.

In reality it wouldn’t get that far.

But such is the power of Article V which is why it was placed in the original Constitution preceding the Bill of Rights.

The point is the power of Article V is in the hands of patriots for now. If the current movement in electronic voting and all mail-in voting continues, the power of conservatives will be eaten away in time.


43 posted on 01/08/2022 5:04:02 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Jacquerie

> “..... power through corruption of federal institutions .....”

All of which was enabled starting with the 16th Amendment and its enabling legislation, the 1913 Federal Reserve Act which evolved a non-gold backed currency of monopoly money and debt ceiling shenanigans making Members of Congress millionaires and more.

Any person trained in History can see what unfolded and why. The reason it has lasted so long is due to the Bretton-Woods Agreement establishing the Federal Reserve Dollar as the Petro Dollar and therefore the world’s reserve currency which Beijing is aiming to replace with its own.

For those that can’t readily digest the above banking connections, it boils down to simply printing the money from which one enriches oneself and favored backers, in other words, bribes and grift.

For those that think the USA could not fall into such debasement, understand that Americans are human beings no different in their predations than all other peoples. If the opportunity to plunder is ever present over time, there will eventually be a class that succumbs to immediate human vice rather than the wisdom of the ages. The only thing that can stop such spiraling are legal dignified actions of a prevalent group of Citizens armed with the Philosophy of the Enlightenment. Article V is a vehicle that authorizes and facilitates such actions.


44 posted on 01/08/2022 5:21:04 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Jacquerie

I bought it, but have not read it through yet. I was put off by his amendment to institute term limits. My thought was to first identify and repeal the existing corruptions to the Constitution. Then, only if that does not resolve the issues, consider new amendments.

He published this about 6 months after I sent him my thoughts. I don’t know if I had any influence. After my research, I determined that there were 3 corruptions of the Constitution that are now reaching Critical Mass: 16th Amentment, 17th Amendment (both in 1913 or thereabouts) and a House Rule in 1928 limiting membership to 435.

I consolidated my thoughts along with a plan and strategy in 2915 in my Federalist Letters to Corporate America.

You can read the 8 letters here:

“backyardfence.wordpress.com/federalist-letters-to-corporate-ameria/”

I have been watching closely and have yet to see a better plan and strategy. I would love to; I don’t think I’m the best scholar or thinker, but I’ve been very disappointed in everything I’ve read since I wrote my first version of these letters.


45 posted on 01/08/2022 6:12:15 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: gspurlock

Oops - these letters were written in 2015.


46 posted on 01/08/2022 6:17:24 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: SuperLuminal

But the convention is controlled by the states. Not the federal govt.


47 posted on 01/08/2022 6:32:50 PM PST by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: Jacquerie

NO CON-CON!

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WORK OUR BUTTS OFF TO ELECT POLITICIANS WHO PROMISE TO NOMINATE AND CONFIRM JUDGES WHO REVERE THE US CONSTITUTION AS IT IS WRITTEN AND SWEAR TO DEFEND IT AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC!

IOW, SELECT REAL “AMERICA FIRST” AMERICANS AS OUR POLITICAL LEADERS AND JUDGES!

MAGA!


48 posted on 01/08/2022 7:02:54 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: Carry me back
"But the convention is controlled by the states. Not the federal govt."

Show me the state that has GOPers significantly different than the gutless GOPers in DC...

In addition, if Bezos & Soros can easily steal a presidential election through graft & fraud, what makes you certain they CANNOT do the same to control the state GOPers participating in a States Convention?

The events since November 2020 until the present have totally changed my opinion on having a Constitutional Convention from "absolutely in favor" to "pandora's box is better off left closed"...

49 posted on 01/08/2022 7:13:32 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Kevmo

Sign me up...


50 posted on 01/08/2022 7:14:37 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Jacquerie

A “runaway” convention would never happen, since each State application must specify the reason for attending the convention. A meeting to repeal the damned 17th, for example, would not be allowed to wander into strange territory.

A strong secondary line of defense in this matter would be a wisely chosen chair to keep the delegates in line. (I propose Clarence Thomas, or Mike Rowe.)

Even if the convention did become overheated, nothing they did would become law without ratification. That would require the approval of three-fourths of all the States, and that ain’t gonna be easy!

Would Congress vote for an Amendment that limits their own terms of office? Hell no! That’s why we have Article V.


51 posted on 01/08/2022 8:43:05 PM PST by DNME (... at that awkward stage. Too late to work within the system; too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: LegendHasIt

David effectively blew up his own argument with that list of names


52 posted on 01/08/2022 8:46:23 PM PST by Pelham (Q is short for quack )
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To: Taxman

In 2020 we reelected the best President in at least several generations.

Yet, he isn’t President.

Kind’a contradicts your appeal to restoration of free government through the electoral process.


53 posted on 01/09/2022 4:59:33 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: SuperLuminal

The states won’t send reps; they’ll send delegates with commissions.

It is a big diff that too many COS opponents refuse to acknowledge.


54 posted on 01/09/2022 5:01:35 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie; Carry me back

It is a cadre of RINO GOP governors who helped convince me to turn against a Constitutional Convention of the States,,,

IMHO, the usual suspects are:
Hutchinson
Ducey
Dunleavy
Kemp
Little
Hogan
Baker
Ricketts
Sununu
Stitt
Scott
Gordon

Under any kind of pressure, what RINO has ever stood his ground for the concept of a Constitutional Republic?


55 posted on 01/09/2022 10:15:32 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Jacquerie

We did not have a FRee and honest election!

In 2022 and 2024, we need to ensure that we do!


56 posted on 01/09/2022 7:31:59 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: BullwinkleMoose

#3 is hard to verify, unless you implant a chip in the legislator’s brain. For that, a brain needs to actually be present.


57 posted on 01/10/2022 11:13:48 AM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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