'We need a stable and just rule of law, and this Convention process would allow that.'Thursday evening, Mark Levin brought attention to what appears to be the beginning of a movement fiercely supported by his latest publication...the exciting news that delegates from various states will assemble this weekend to begin discussing the real possibility of an Article V Convention to take back the country via the states!
For those unfamiliar with this constitutional provision...ABC2News: It is something never before done. And like so many journeys, it is beginning with a single step.
The “it” is an Article V Convention in which states propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and that single step was taken through a letter sent to every state lawmaker, each Speaker and each Senate President in the country amid a backdrop of perceived dysfunction in Washington, D.C., that includes the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act , a partial government shutdown and a national debt climbing ever higher.
The letter, titled “The Mount Vernon Assembly,” invites each state to send up to three lawmakers to Washington’s historic Mount Vernon Home on Dec. 7.
At this point, more than 100 legislators from 30 states confirmed they will be attending. There is also a waiting list to get in because of capacity limits.
To keep outside influences to a minimum, all attendees are paying for their own expenses and must be currently serving as a state legislator.
It is important to note these lawmakers are not official delegates authorized by their state legislature, rather those who are simply interested in being part of the process of drafting rules for a Convention of the States.
Article V of the Constitution provides two ways to propose and ratify amendments. The first is through the commonly known Congressional method where a proposed amendment must be approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and ratified by three-fourths (38) of the states.Thank GOD for statesmen with the foresight to know that no civil society is safe from despotism within, and the only way to safeguard a free people from that is to put measures in place upon the birth of our Law that secure our precious and providential Liberty.
The other, lesser known, process occurs through the states when two-thirds (34 states) ask Congress to “call a Convention for proposing Amendments…” Those amendments then go through the same ratification process.
The process allowing states to propose amendments was a late addition to the Constitution, being proposed by George Mason just two days before the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia ended in 1787. Mason believed leaving the amendment process solely up to Congress would result in “no amendments of the proper kind [being] obtained by the people if the Government should become oppressive.”
This is really happening, folks! The naysayers, apologists, discreditors, and especially usurpers be damned! Though it feels at times lately that the Constitution is on life support, that exceptional document continues to reside in We the People! And if the federal Leviathan continues to lawlessly plunder, as it surely will, then we'll constitutionally seek refuge through the states to restrain it as originally intended.
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UPDATE: Gaining steam...
TheBlaze: Close to 100 legislators from 32 states met in Mount Vernon, Va., Saturday to discuss the possibility of adding amendments to the U.S. Constitution through a convention of the states.
Such a convention, as outlined in article five of the Constitution, would allow state legislatures to vote on amendments to add.
Lawmakers on Saturday discussed term limits on U.S. lawmakers and certain limits on federal taxation and spending as possible amendments, Red Millennial noted.
State legislators stressed Saturday the bipartisan nature of support for the discussed amendments, citing a recent poll that shows 74 percent of Americans support a balanced budget amendment while another 75 percent support congressional term limits.
Saturday’s meeting represents the most recent attempt by legislators to discuss seriously the possibility of adding amendments to the Constitution through a convention.
