President-elect Joe Biden is planning to get things back to normal in D.C. when he takes office this week by launching a blitz of executive orders to supersede the wills of the people and the states.
Biden will take his pen and his phone and enact more than a dozen orders on inauguration day alone, according to multiple news outlets. These orders will include:
- A nationwide mask mandate on federal property and on interstate planes, trains and buses.
- Rejoining the Paris Climate change agreement.
- Extend eviction and foreclosure restrictions.
Biden is also planning to push legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 and grant amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants.
Each of these actions represents a direct attack on the decision-making power of the states and the people. Neither the state nor the peoples' representatives in Congress agreed to the Paris Climate deal. As small businesses and landlords struggle under the COVID-19 lockdowns, Biden plans to completely destroy their businesses by prohibiting rent collection and raising the minimum wage.
But perhaps most galling of all is the fact that Biden and his staff believe these executive orders are a "restoration" of the president's role under the Constitution.
“While the policy objectives in these executive actions are bold, I want to be clear: The legal theory behind them is well-founded and represents a restoration of an appropriate, constitutional role for the president,” said Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain.
This is a return to "normal," but it isn't a return to the Constitution. The Framers wanted the president to have a small set of limited powers. He's not a king, and his powers outlined in the Constitution say nothing about nationwide mandates, control of immigration, or making deals with foreign powers without the consent of Congress.
If we really want the president to have an "appropriate constitutional role," there's only one thing to do: call the first-ever Article V Convention of States.
A Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can (among other things) limit executive power by banning executive orders, clarifying the intent of the Framers in Article II, and forcing Congress -- rather than executive agencies -- to make every law and regulation that affects the American people.
Fifteen of the necessary 34 states have called for a Convention, and we're working in dozens of states this year to reach that threshold. More importantly, over 5 million Americans have voiced support for the Convention of States Project, and our grassroots army is growing by the day.
To join the cause, sign the Convention of States Petition below!
