For the last several months, spurred on by the publication of Mark Levin’s “The Liberty Amendments,” right-wing activists have been floating the idea of convening a “Convention of States” through which representatives of the individuals states would gather together for a convention to amend the Constitution and reign in the federal government.

Under Article V of the Constitution, “legislatures of two thirds of the several states” have the power to “call a convention for proposing amendments” and the idea to convene such a convention has been warmly embraced by people like David Barton who has promoted it not only on his radio program but also while filling in as host on Glenn Beck’s television program.

Recently, Beck himself has begun promoting it as well and today his The Blaze website reported that nearly 100 right-wing legislators from 32 states met in Virginia over the weekend as the first steps toward turning this fringe fantasy into reality: