A grand distraction by state lawmakers (The Progressive argument begins)

Nogales International. ^ | 12/6/13 | By the Sierra Vista Herald

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There is a local connection to a national effort aimed at amending the U.S. Constitution through the convention process..

Amending the Constitution is not an easy task. It requires either a two-thirds vote by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate; or, a national convention requested by two-thirds – 34 – of the 50 states.

The Arizona Legislature adopted a resolution in 2012 calling for a nat,

What do these lawmakers want to change?

A website that lists all of the state legislators involved in the effort points to re-establishing federalism and limiting the growth of the federal government.

“The Caucus believes an Article V convention is the most efficacious means of meeting our goals, and will encourage the States to adopt resolutions to call for such a convention. But we also believe that a convention is only the means to that end, and will always keep a focus on the goal of federalism and limited-government,” as stated on that website at www.articlevcaucus.com.

Empowering the states and re-establishing federalism may be one way to stop the federal government from spending money, but we can’t help but think it is also a path toward the elimination of civil rights, workplace protections, enforcement of food and drug standards, interstate commerce, and a few other huge responsibilities that more than 200 years as a nation have already taught us are a necessary role for the federal government.

Once again, instead of solving local problems – and Arizona has plenty of them – our state lawmakers feel it is their duty to take on the federal government to “save us” from the evils of Washington.

A grand distraction that promises to have limited effectiveness, if any, in helping the people

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