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A Constitutional Convention: American Suicide

- Nelson Hultberg - AFR.org

Strange that Hultberg does not mention in his article the opinions of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia did not support an Article V convention at this time, but did state the following:
"I would not want a convention for some silly purpose, of course. But I think there are many serious purposes around, many matters that profoundly concern the American people and about which they do not now have a voice. I really want to see the process used responsibly on a serious issue..."

So, it might behove us to consider exactly when and how Article V is to be used and not whether it would endanger the freedoms in the USA. After all, as Scalia also said, he did not fear a states' convention for it would still require a 2/3s state vote for passing. If our Federal government will not act on crucial legislation, then perhaps a backdoor approach will be necessary as the Constitution provided.

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Beginning of the headline :The enemies of freedom today (both liberal and conservative) are closer than ever to realizing their dream of forming a Constitutional Convention to pass crucial amendments to our present Constitution and restructure it for the modern world. The desire to get rid of the Founders’ Constitution has been a fanatical goal of political collectivists for the past 53 years when “in 1964 the Ford Foundation funded and orchestrated – via the CSDI (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions) – the dr... Read More

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