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Meckler: A Convention of States "wires around" the federal government

Published in Blog on September 03, 2021 by Article V Patriot

The American people are so accustomed to total federal control that many assume Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court will be able to control an Article V Convention of States.

But nothing could be further from the truth. The Convention of States process has never been used, which means the courts haven't had the opportunity to steal power away from the states and give it to the federal government.

Washington has no control over any facet of the process. Article V says that Congress "calls" the convention, but this is what's known as a "ministerial duty." A ministerial duty is an official duty wherein the officer has no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance is required by direct and positive command of the law.

Much like a DMV agent has no say over whether to issue you a driver's license if you have the appropriate paperwork, Congress has no say over whether to call a Convention if 34 states apply for one. They simply set the time and place. They have no other role in the process.

As Mark Meckler explained on a recent radio interview, this is precisely the way the Founders intended the Convention of States process to operate. They wanted to give the states a way to propose constitutional amendments, and allowing Congress or the President a role would undermine that entire goal.

"The beauty of this is, they don't get the vote. That's the entire purpose of the Convention of States process. It wires around Congress, the president, and the court. The Founders understood the federal government would some day become unresponsive to the people," he said.

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Almost everyone knows that our federal government is on a dangerous course. The unsustainable debt combined with crushing regulations on states and businesses is a recipe for disaster.

What is less known is that the Founders gave state legislatures the power to act as a final check on abuses of power by Washington, DC. Article V of the U.S. Constitution authorizes the state legislatures to call a convention to proposing needed amendments to the Constitution. This process does not require the consent of the federal government in Washington DC.

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