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MLentz:
Great comments from everyone. I'm still reading how this would work and I assumed that the Convention of States would take control away from the Senate and Congress and give it to a committee of state elected reps.

RedDot:
I don't see a State's Convention being worth the time or effort.  Taking power from the Senate/Congress?  That would be like robbing an empty house.  They've already been neutered by the executive branch and the alphabet soup federal agencies.  Cut their funding?  Executive Order would see that they continue to get or take what they need to "maintain order".  I may not have the answer to the problem but I know for damn sure another "conversation" is useless when one side does not recognize any authority but it's own.

Sandhillian:
I posted this in another thread on the same topic:

For those of you interested in this topic, I would suggest reading Mark Levin's "The Liberty Amendments."  I just started reading the book, and the few suggested amendments I have read about seem to be a good solution to many of the problems this country is facing.

They seem to be amendments that would really have an impact on the way the federal government operates.

ejeviking:

--- Quote from: Sandhillian on May 01, 2014, 12:47:38 PM ---I posted this in another thread on the same topic:

For those of you interested in this topic, I would suggest reading Mark Levin's "The Liberty Amendments."  I just started reading the book, and the few suggested amendments I have read about seem to be a good solution to many of the problems this country is facing.

They seem to be amendments that would really have an impact on the way the federal government operates.

--- End quote ---


This.

Poor Man:
Opening up the Constitution  " Constitutional Convention " or as you say " Convention
of States " would open up a gigantic can of worms.  Every single article in the Constitution would be subject to change if a large enough group felt they had enough sentiment to persuade enough representatives to accept their ideas.  It's possible the procedure
could turn us into a "banana republic".  We only need to put the current Constitution to use and enforce everything within.

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