Posted on 02/04/2014 3:08:58 PM PST by cotton1706
This just in! The Georgia Senate has passed the COS application by a vote of 37-17, becoming the first state legislative body to do so.
The resolution has six sponsors: Majority Whip Cecil Staton (R-Macon) of the 18th District, Senate President Pro Tempore David Shafer (R-Duluth) of the 48th District, Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) of the 16th District, Butch Miller (R-Gainesville) of the 49th District, Judson Hill (R-Marietta) of the 32nd District and Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega) of the 51st District.
Both state senators representing Bartow County, Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome) and Bruce Thompson (R-White), are among the resolution’s co-signers.
We'll post more details soon. For now, share the good news!
(Excerpt) Read more at conventionofstates.com ...
Others take note, do not fear!
An Agent may not go outside the bounds of his Agency Agreement, for if he does, his actions become invalid.
Let's say we conclude an Agency Agreement where I, the Agent, will sell the old car belonging to you, the Principal, and get ten percent of the sales price. If this is New England, we'll conclude a written contract and get it notarized. If this is the South, we'll just shake hands.
As long as I, the Agent, stick to our Agency Agreement and sell your car, all is well with the world. But let's say that instead of selling your car, I sell your house.
Is my sale of your house valid? No. You did not authorize me to sell your house.
Could you sue me for breach of contract and civil fraud? Yes.
Could you file charges for criminal fraud against me? That depends on how the statute is written in the state in which we concluded our agreement.
When the states request an Amendments Convention, they specify what they wish the Convention to discuss. This precedent goes all the way back to the Articles of Confederation, and it is a basic principle of contract law. If the legislatures of two-thirds of the states submit petitions for the same subject, Congress is required to set the time and place for the Amendments Convention and state the purview of the Convention, which is drawn from the petitions from the states. Thus we have the Principals (the states), the Agent (the Amendments Convention) and the Agency Agreement (the language of the Convention call).
The states may also request a general convention in which any amendment proposal may be brought up. This is where people get nervous. But the Convention of the States project is aiming at uniform language for their petitions for two reasons:
The binding principle is basic contract law.
>> An Agent may not go outside the bounds of his Agency Agreement, for if he does, his actions become invalid.
The same could be said of our agents in Congress.
I just posted the article to Senator Cruz’s and Greg Abbott’s Facebook pages. I hope they sit up and take notice!
One voice...but anyone else with a Facebook page needs to hit them up about it, too. Or your local representative. Or someone!!
Failure to honor that Agency Agreement is grounds for electoral defeat.
And no suit “for breach of contract and civil fraud” for failure to honor their Agency Agreement?
The court would state that the matter is not justiciable because it’s a political question.
Quite right. Still, the outrages continue. So does resistance.
Would not the same be said of Convention delegates who go outside the bounds of the Convention call?
“Start spreading the news....”
And good news it is too
If you check out the website for the Convention of the States project, you’ll see how they plan to prevent delegates from violating their Agency Agreement, i.e. the language of the Convention Call.
I have read up a lot, the more I read the more truth error mixture I find. I believe you are correct, the Progressives will crash the party.
I have read that as well as reports from ABA and ALEC.
Bless you! So many people don’t click on the links. I’ve printed the documentrs off and put them in a 3-hole binder because I refer to them so often.
Will certain states send conservative delegates with that end in mind? Yes.
Will other states send progressive delegates who will try to sabotage every effort to limit federal power? Yes.
An Amendments Convention will be a snapshot of America at that time and place. Every point of view will be there. That's how it should be.
They only raise more question and concerns.
There is no such thing as a binding principle when your leadership have no principles whatever.
Jerry Clower used to tell the story of the Coon Hunter that went up the tree to knock the coon out.....
Knock Him out John
Punch line is right at the end, but makes the point.
GA FReeper ping.
I was down at the state legislature yesterday (Monday) and my state senator told me this was going to move forward today.
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