May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Of course, the political establishment doesn’t want you to exercise this constitutional right. So they use the same tactics vote-suppressors use: disinformation and fear.
READ MORENone of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
READ MOREFortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
READ MORE[I]t became clear the ERA was a poorly-drafted measure that would do little for women’s rights. It would have transferred massive amounts of power away from local governments and elected representatives, handing it instead to lawyers, judges, and bureaucrats.
READ MOREOf course, it is one thing to criticize, but another to try to craft something better.
READ MORE“This latest convention of states operated according to standard convention of states protocols.”
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