The Convention of States Missouri Team is moving ahead full steam. Last week our legislation was heard in the Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee.
Today (3/1/21) we will be heard in the House General Laws Committee. The 2021 Legislative Session is in full swing. The Convention of States Project is right in the thick of things. Our application is moving in 17 states that have not passed it to date.
One of our dedicated volunteers and I had an interesting meeting with a legislator last week. A supporter, he described the convention of states process as revolutionary. Merriam-Webster defines revolutionary as, “constituting or bringing about major or fundamental change.” At first, I was taken aback by this comment. As I pondered further, I realized this legislator was correct.
Our nation’s history is replete with revolutionary individuals and events.
It was revolutionary that Pilgrims would undertake a perilous journey across the Atlantic in search of a new life on an uncharted continent.
It was revolutionary that a fledgling collection of colonies would declare independence from their benefactor.
It was revolutionary that farmers, physicians, blacksmiths, and lawyers would take up arms against the best-equipped and best-trained military force on Earth.
It was revolutionary for a country to be founded on the principle that its governing authority resided with its individual citizens.
It was revolutionary that a president would proclaim that America re-assert its founding principles and fight a Civil War resulting in the deaths of three percent of its total population to enforce them.
It was revolutionary for a pastor to give his life for a just and color-blind society.
It was revolutionary to place three men on top on a missile and land on another heavenly body.
The Framers understood history. They knew the typical way changes in government were accomplished was by violence. That is why they unanimously adopted the Article V convention of states process. If Congress refused to virtuously represent We the People, if the Executive moved to accumulate more power or the Courts failed to apply the Constitution correctly, then there must be a way to peacefully propose changes to our government structure.
Now it is up to self-governing citizens to be involved in the political process. We must be involved at the local, state, and federal levels. We must provide the encouragement to our legislators to assert their constitutional oversight of the federal government.
The Convention of States Project is where it’s at! Get involved here, and let’s save our republic.
In liberty,
Brett
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