(Georgia) House backs constitutional convention (first full state!)

ajc.com ^ | 2/20/14 | Aaron Gould Sheinin

[cotton1706]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The state House on Thursday passed a series of bills and resolutions aimed at calling for a national constitutional convention to rein in spending in Washington.

The House, largely along party lines, adopted House Bill 794, House Resolution 1215, Senate Bill 206 and Senate Resolution 371.

The U.S. Constitution allows for states to call for a convention to consider amendments. If two-thirds, or 34, states adopt similar resolutions, a convention is ordered. The proposals adopted Thursday call for a convention and outline how a potential Georgia delegation would be named.

[Publius]

Who will stop them? The states.

Even if some kind of wacky amendment proposal comes out of an Amendments Convention, it will require 38 states to ratify it. Do you honestly think that 38 states will ratify something like the repeal of the 2nd Amendment? Or any other wacky idea?

[Abathar]

If we start remembering that it use to be "The United States IN America" and not the current "The United States OF America" enough state legislatures might see that balanced budget and term limitations would help them out tremendously.

[Jacquerie]

If you are interested in learning the process and what has been done to date, check out Convention of States..

There is an FAQ for short answers, and a lengthy pdf at the bottom of the "Citizen's Toolkit" under "Answers to JBS Questions" for more detail.

[Secret Agent Man]

i didn’t think we’d end up with a marxist, foreign born manchurian candidate who can’t put two good sentences together without a teleprompter that would start dismantling this country for the new world order, but here we are. and nmobody’s stopping him’where theycought to be stopping him, because they are rinos and gopers and hate conserativces more than what emperor barrycades is doing cuz they can’t handle the charge of racist being thrown at them.

[Secret Agent Man]

thanks i will check it out.

[Repeal The 17th]

Bring it.

[Repeal The 17th]

I looked up “defeatist” in the dictionary and found your picture there.

[Jacquerie]

Article V ping for GA!

[Repeal The 17th]

Yes, siree-bob, now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!
The house bill was introduced by my own state representative.
So, who’s next?

[Repeal The 17th]

I just don’t have the patience for a lot of the naysayers...
You and publius are much more “understanding” than I am.

The last train from Georgia has left the station, and I am on board.

Let’s get ‘er done.

[itsahoot]

yeah i don’t think we’d particularly enjoy a new constitution written by the rinos and gop-ers not to mention dems, liberals and marxists, and the various political lobbyists - unions, chamber of commerce, agenda 21/globalist groups, etc.

That is what you have now except they let corrupt judges take the blame for it.

A Convention will be of little value anyway, in my opinion, because the Republic will be long dead before they agree on one change.

[Art in Idaho]

Research links on the Article V process and the Liberty Amendments:

Convention of States - Alabama Way to go Alabama! A good introduction.

'Convention of states' to rein in government? Another great summary explanation.

The Case for an Article V. Convention. Fantastic explanation of Article V convention to the Mass State Legislature.

I would recommend watching the above three videos first and then:

Convention of States Lots of information here.

A Summary of Mark Levin’s Proposed Amendments by Jacquerie

Chapter 1 of Mark Levin’s Book, The Liberty Amendments

Mark Levin, Constitution Article V, and the Liberty Amendments

Article V Project to Restore Liberty

Rep. Bill Taylor introduces a Convention of States

Citizens for Self Governance: Convention of States Project – a hub of 15 youtube videos on the Convention of States

Mark Levin Article V, Liberty Amendments youtube video hub

Three hour video of C-Span interview with Mark Levin

Amendments Convention Links

Gaining Steam? Nearly 100 Lawmakers Descend on Mount Vernon to Talk Convention of States The beginning.

Convention to Propose Amendments to the United States Constitution

The Other Way to Amend the Constitution: The Article V Constitutional Convention Amendment Process

Friends of Article V Convention Links

Article V Convention: Path of Least Resistance By Robert Berry

The Final Constitutional Option

Article V Handbook - for State Legislators

State Legislators Article V Caucus State Legislators, Join up at this site!

Send this list of links to your State Representatives and Senators here: Contact your State Legislators. Most legislatures are still in session. Contact them today!

Sample Letter to state Representatives regarding the Convention of States Project and also, Talking Points. Both from Here.

Excellent Article V Letter to a State Assemblyman by Jacquerie

Let’s all work together to get this going.

The Federal Government is broken. We owe it to The Founders and ourselves to attempt a rational Article V amendment process.

[RetiredArmy]

What I though about also. The big states pressure the smaller ones by some means or the other, and the next thing they will declare Obama and the dimocrats the only political party for Amerika, and him as king for life, or should I say Sultan for life, and Moo-hameded religion of pedophiles, rape, murder and camel sex as the new national religion.

[Repeal The 17th]

I finally found a link I had lost to a scholarly document regarding the passage of the 17th amendment.
Here is the link to the pdf file, bBe advised, it is 74 pages long.
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1-1-1997
Ulysses at the Mast: Democracy, Federalism, and the Sirens’ Song of the Seventeenth Amendment
Jay S. Bybee
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
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http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1365&context=facpub
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I think it was jacquerie that originally pointed me to this.

[Repeal The 17th]

One state; one vote.
Read up on it.

[bfh333]

Preach it...

There are MANY here on FP who sing the praises of the Founders... and rightly so...

They KNEW we would get to this point based on the history they studied. And in their wisdom, they included Article V as our LAST great hope of saving the Constitution and Republic.

If Freepers would spend as much time researching an Article V convention as they do bitching about how they THINK things are going to happen, GA wouldn’t have had to go it ALONE (for now)... Get off you a$$ and stop bitching & complaining...

I’m a LIFE LONG GA resident and I’m DAMN proud of what was accomplished...

Now onto the next State... Come join us!

[Know et al]

My thoughts exactly.

[Repeal The 17th]

Keep reading, so that you may, in fact, know it all.

[Repeal The 17th]

Thanks, brother.

[Hostage]

OH YEAH!!!!!!
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