It looks like we're in for a long few weeks.
With the presidential election still too close to call, both candidates have vowed to fight it out in the courts until the bitter end.
Outside of the courts, on social media and among friends, it looks like our national divides are deeper than ever. The satire news site, Babylon Bee, published a hilarious article after the 2018 midterms, and it's even more true now than it was back then.
Titled, "Nation torn apart by routine election starting to wonder if government may be too powerful," the article makes a cutting point: we wouldn't care so much about who sits in the White House if the federal government has less power.
Here's the funniest excerpt:
As the nation was torn apart by a relatively mundane, routine midterm election, just like the ones that regularly occur every four years, Americans began to wonder if a government in which such a commonplace election can impact so many lives in so many ways might just be a little bit too powerful.
The nation suddenly realized that a government holding elections that threaten far-reaching changes in each and every person's private life could actually need to be downsized a tad.
"I was starting to wonder why we were all at each other's throats," said one Democratic voter in Oregon. "And then it hit me: the politicians and policies we're voting on could shake up who has the government's blessings for the next few years, and which groups will get left out. And then I was like, 'Whoa. Maybe if the government weren't so huge and bloated, we wouldn't care about elections that much."
He then dismissed the idea as "crazy talk," however.
The Babylon Bee is right. If we want to make our elections less contentious -- and our culture healthier overall -- we must limit the size, scope, and jurisdiction of the federal government.
The feds will never place limits on themselves, but the people and the states can do it for them with an 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 limit Congress' ability to legislate on issues like healthcare, education, and the environment. They can limit the president's power to act unilaterally via executive orders, and they can stop the Supreme Court from legislating from the bench.
These amendments are exactly what our country needs to start healing the divides that have torn us apart. We've been obsessed with federal politics for far too long. It's time to limit the power and influence of the federal government, and restore self-governance in every state and community in our great country.
