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State Legislators Leading the Charge

Convention of States ^ | November 12th, 2013 | Robert Kelly

Posted on by Jacquerie

Many of you are aware of the upcoming Mount Vernon Assembly, when a number of state legislators will gather at Mount Vernon to pave the way for a Convention of States. (For background, you can read our earlier post on the Mount Vernon Assembly.) The decision of the Assembly to meet behind closed doors and only include state legislators in its gathering has raised some eyebrows and led to lots of speculation about the purpose of the Assembly. Allow me to dispel some of those concerns.

The Mount Vernon Assembly isn't actually calling a convention; its just an unofficial meeting of legislators to discuss putting rules in place to pave the road for a convention. Most importantly, they are trying to take the runaway convention argument out of the picture by passing laws in each state that strictly limit the authority of delegates and punish those delegates who exceed their authority. We think this is a worthy goal and great objective. With the runaway convention argument out of the way, we can stop arguing over procedural technicalities, and focus on the actual merits of a convention.

The Assembly isnt trying to cut the people out of the process; its trying to help the people make a difference by getting all the states to work together under Article V. Thats all the Mount Vernon Assembly really is: a group of legislators meeting together away from distractions so they can get on the same page about Article V. And thats a good thing in our book. Hopefully, when they come away from the Assembly, the legislators will be excited about the possibilities in Article V and ready to coordinate their efforts across the states to bring a convention to fruition.



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To: central_va

I hadn’t thought of that. Our government is so corrupt and thuggish, I wouldn’t put anything past them.



by 21 posted onby Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)

To: Publius

Mt Vernon uses George’s grave as a back up generator, he is spinning at 3600 RPM.



by 22 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)

To: Jacquerie

Lincoln arrested the MD state legislature just prior to the late unpleasantness.



by 23 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)

To: Jacquerie

Great news. Thanks for posting. Can you please add me to your Article V ping list?



by 24 posted onby Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)

To: Jane Long

Certainly. Done.



by 25 posted onby Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)

To: Jacquerie

Excellent.



To: Amendment10

The activity is based upon Mark Levin’s liberty amendments. Perhaps the meeting was planned before, but Mark has written a book that chronicles a number of amendments he believes are necessary to restore the proper relationship between the states and the federal government. And yes repeal of the 17th is amount them. I don't believe they go far enough but they would go a long long way toward fixin things. Our constitution is not the problem, the mendacity of our political elite is the problem. The amendments are necessary to reign in the evil that some of our government has become. There is no inherent flaw in the present constitution, rather the flaw is in us and the lack of morality of our leaders and their endless appetite for power at the expense our freedom and sovereignty.



To: Jacquerie

Please add me to the ping list.



To: wewereright

Done!



by 29 posted onby Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)

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