Convention of States movement hits halfway milestone after Nebraska passes resolution

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Wisconsin and Nebraska this week became the 16th and 17th states to call for a convention of states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, putting the grassroots movement halfway towards its goal of triggering a convention with the support of 34 states.

Lawmakers in the Nebraska legislature on Friday approved a convention of states resolution by a 32-10 vote, three days after Wisconsin*passed*a measure calling for a convention to put fiscal restraints on the federal government and impose term limits on members of Congress and other federal officials.

The Convention of States Project, an offshoot of Citizens for Self-Governance, is a movement to limit the power of the federal government and return power to the states by constitutional means. Supporters hope to use Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call for a convention for proposing new amendments to the nation's founding document. A convention will be called if two-thirds (34) of the state legislatures in the United States pass resolutions demanding one.

Convention of states resolutions have passed in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin — halfway towards the goal of 34 states.

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Did you have to rub one out in excitement?

Keep hope alive.

Dipshits.

 

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The Convention of States Project, an offshoot of Citizens for Self-Governance, is a movement to limit the power of the federal government and return power to the states by constitutional means.

Of course, there's no way to limit a constitutional convention to that agenda. It would be perfectly in order to, for instance, propose an amendment repealing the compensation clause of the 5th Amendment.

 

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Of course, there's no way to limit a constitutional convention to that agenda. It would be perfectly in order to, for instance, propose an amendment repealing the compensation clause of the 5th Amendment.

Yes, if this gets through, all bets are off. We have no idea where it could lead. The last Convention was supposed to reform the Articles of Confederation. We got the Constitution instead. These things are in constant flux.