Avatar feed
Responses: 7
TSgt George Rodriguez
4
4
0
Interesting. Thank you.
(4)
Comment
(0)
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
>1 y
TSgt George Rodriguez you are very welcome.
(2)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
SPC John Bryant
3
3
0
Sound more like convention of OWO the left is stripping away the rights of citizens little by little. If your believe anything their doing is in the best interest on the citizens you should look at what's going on around you with Oil Gas inflation illegals Covid etc this is not the right way or path the American citizen should be going.
(3)
Comment
(0)
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
>1 y
SPC John Bryant thank you very much for your insight.
(1)
Reply
(0)
Sgt Print Journalist
Sgt (Join to see)
>1 y
SPC John Bryant Our country twisted off its original path, which made it strong and prosperous. There’s some similarities to the fall of Rome. https://www.history.com/news/8-reasons-why-rome-fell
(0)
Reply
(0)
Sgt Print Journalist
Sgt (Join to see)
>1 y
While there’s valid comparisons in the fall of Rome and the decline of the USA, there’s a major difference : Christianity is sometimes blamed for contributing to the fall of the Roman Empire, while the removal of Christian principles and beliefs is speeding the fall of the USA.
(0)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
LTC Stephen F.
2
2
0
Edited >1 y ago
Thank you my friend and sister-in-Christ PO3 Phyllis Maynard for posting.
I researched this issue in the past. While it is difficult to drum up sufficient support to actually convene a "Convention of States"
The "Convention of States" is a potential Pandora's box in the fact that "Convention of States" has no fixed rules. In fact all of the Constitution and Amendments are not forbidden to modify if a "Convention of States"is ratified by the majority of states.

The proposed amendments seem reasonable at first blush. The most problematic to me is the first proposed amendment since military service members can be construed as federal officials.
1. The first would put term limits on all federal officials, bureaucrats, and members of Congress.
2. the second would call for fiscal restraints on the federal government, and
3. the third would limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.

Ben Shapiro explains the Convention of States movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2USkc5iwOI

I concur with MSG Stan Hutchison's and CWO4 Terrence Clark's responses.
All of the language of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Amendments could be modified if there is sufficient impetus among the delegates to change any and all sections.
Since Federal Law is based on the Constitution and many federal statutes conflict at points because their is no judicial review required before a new statute is offered, this convention could be viewed as a means of bypassing changing laws by modifying the constitutional basis.

Justice Scalia shared an opinion before he died
I then addressed the two most common conservative critiques of an Article V convention of states—(1) that it is too much of a “long shot,” and (2) that, were a convention called by the needed two-thirds (34) of the states, there is no settled process in place to ensure against a “runaway convention,” in which delegates and/or Congress go rogue and defeat the amendments or produce amendments that were not called for by the states originally. Against this, I argued that the fact that 38 states (three-fourths) are needed to pass any amendment (which means that merely 13 states can block any proposed amendments), should demonstrate that we need not fear a runaway convention.

Now I turn to a still-deeper reason not to fear a runaway convention. If 34 state legislatures actually were to sink the “long-shot,” that is, were they to make history and agree on a convention call, consider the vast multiplicity of coalitions that would need to be formed in each state, between and among states, and across the country. Such a massive nationwide coalition would both require and, in turn, enhance significantly a substantial increase in public knowledge of the nature and causes of federal overreach and of the power of the states and their citizens to combat it through Article V.

FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SGT (Join to see) SFC (Join to see) CPT Jack Durish MGySgt (Join to see) LTC John Shaw LTC John Mohor PFC Craig Karshner1SG Mark Rudoplh SGT (Join to see)SSG Bill McCoyMSG (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Robert Payne LTC Bill Koski
(2)
Comment
(0)
Avatar small

Join nearly 2 million former and current members of the US military, just like you.

close