Contrary to the misinformation provided by organizations like the John Birch Society and the Eagle Forum an Article V Convention is not a CON CON. It is simply the method mandated in the Constitution that requires Congress to call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the Constitution.
Many of critics of an Article V Convention claim that in an Article V Convention the delegates would have the authority to re-write the Constitution. This assertion reveals that they are either ignorant or are deliberating misrepresenting the truth.
The Founders knew that eventually Congress would assume powers that were not delegated to them and that once they had the power they would never relinquish voluntarily. Without the provision for an Article V Convention of the states to propose amendments, the Constitution would never have been ratified.
Opponents of an Article V Convention want everyone to believe that a Convention would be dangerous and that the Constitution would be in serious jeopardy. Congress is like a perpetual convention that changes the meaning of the Constitution every time they pass an unconstitutional law. The President amends the Constitution whenever he issues and Executive Order and the Supreme Court acts a a convention every time they misinterpret the Constitution. We have allowed all three of the branches of government amend the Constitution without proper authority and have denied the states the right to exercise their right to propose amendments to the Constitution.
Ask yourself why the John Birch Society and the Eagle Forum are misrepresenting the truth. Are they uninformed or are they deliberately misleading the American people. It is time to think outside of the box. Don't believe everything you are told. Study the issue for yourself and draw a conclusion is based on what an Article V Convention is and not what it is represented to be by its critics.
I received the following email from well known and highly respect Tim Baldwin who is the son the the Constitution Party's Presidential Nominee in 2008.
A complete study on this topic shows that the States can limit the purpose of the amendment and that Congress can pass laws to regulate the “Mode of Ratification” and limit the convention to that debate. Any attempt by the delegates to step outside the expressed purpose of the convention would be resisted by the States that applied for the convention and Congress that called the convention for that purpose. This is proven simply by the fact that in 100 years hundreds of applications have been sent to Congress, but Congress has never called a convention because the applications have not been similar in purpose enough to call the convention—that is, there has been no “consensus” by the States, which is a requirement for Congress to call the convention. Unfortunately, many patriots do not see the value of restoring federalism through Article V and choose, instead, to buy the fear product being sold by JBS and the like.
Tim Baldwin
LERNER LAW FIRM
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