The Supreme Court of the United States issued truly historic rulings over the past week. These decisions affirm the United States Constitution as is the Court’s purpose.
Beginning Thursday, June 23, the Supreme Court of the United States made several momentous rulings. First, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 affirming that "the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home."
Then on Friday, June 24, the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health squarely sent the matter of abortion back to the states, where it should have been all along.
On Monday, June 27, the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District sided with a high school football coach in a First Amendment case about prayer at the 50-yard-line. The 6-3 ruling says the public school district violated the coach's free speech and free exercise rights when it barred him from praying on the field after games.
Finally, on June 30, the Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA overturned a lower court ruling that gave the federal agency virtually unlimited regulatory powers through the Clean Air Act. Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that:
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives tried to equate the Dobbs ruling with the Rifle & Pistol ruling. Wrong. These two rulings are completely different in that the Second Amendment is in the Bill of Rights, while the other is not even in the Constitution.
Historian Michael Beschloss contends that “Case by case, the new majority on the Supreme Court is straining to make certain that you hear the roar of its anti-progressive message.” Maybe.
These four rulings are alike in one clear way: all four rulings defend the Constitution by affirming that power belongs to the people, and certainly not unelected bureaucrats. While those who support a limited federal government applaud these rulings, this is no time to rest upon the laurels of victory. Rulings that return power to the states now require citizen activists to launch campaigns for liberty in each of our 50 states to ensure they are represented.
That’s where Convention of States Action comes in. The Constitution enumerates Amendments and Articles. Article V allows the states to call a Convention if the government infringes upon the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
America is a constitutional Republic. That means we have a representative government, not simple majority rule and not mob rule. Each state has its own Constitution and each state is a laboratory of self-governance.
Article V gives the states the ability to call a Convention of States. COS Action’s Article V Resolution proposes a convention that would debate amendments that limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints, and place term limits on federal officials.
While the Supreme Court rulings appropriately assigned power where it belongs, Convention of States is the only solution to codifying these rulings into law without fear of federal bureaucratic interference.
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