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    The Time Has Come For an Article V Convention!


    By Crippy, Section News
    Posted on Tue Apr 06, 2010 at 07:30:47 PM EST
    Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Article V Convention, United States Constitution (all tags)

    My fellow Michiganders.  My fellow Americans, treating a disease and becoming well again can only be accomplished through a proper diagnosis of the disease.  As Americans we must put aside the romantic notion of living in a constitutionally limited republic.  If the last 100 years don't provide sufficient evidence, the events of this last year should provide all that is needed.  Our country is firmly in the clutches of International Marxists who seek our complete enslavement and have no problem admitting it, and even laughing about it publicly.


    As cases in point, click here to see speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi laughing at the thought of her power being limited by the United States Constitution.  Click here, to see Illinois congressman Phil Hare, telling his constituents "I don't worry about the Constitution".  And the coupe d'etat, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia writing for the majority of the court in Gonzalez v Raich :

    "Unlike the power to regulate activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce, the power to enact laws enabling effective regulation of interstate commerce can only be exercised in conjunction with congressional regulation of an interstate market, and it extends only to those measures necessary to make the interstate regulation effective. As Lopez itself states, and the Court affirms today, Congress may regulate noneconomic intrastate activities only where the failure to do so "could ... undercut" its regulation of interstate commerce. ... This is not a power that threatens to obliterate the line between "what is truly national and what is truly local."

    Based on this interpretation of the Commerce Clause, no aspect of human behavior is outside of the clutches of congress.  Justice Clarence Thomas put it best writing in dissent,

    If the majority is to be taken seriously, the Federal Government may now regulate quilting bees, clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout the 50 States. This makes a mockery of Madison's assurance to the people of New York that the "powers delegated" to the Federal Government are "few and defined", while those of the States are "numerous and indefinite."

    In the face of all the evidence, thanks to George Mason, there remains one Ace left to play in the hand for Liberty.  This ace can be found in Article V of the Constitution which reads,
    Article V

    The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
    Referring to the bolded text,  in the event that 34 states submit applications for an Article V convention, the political pygmies in D.C. are Constitutionally required to call the convention whether they want it or not.  The problem is that to date all 50 states have submitted over 700 applications and Congress refuses to call the convention.


    Bill Walker is one of the founders of Friends of The Article V Convention.  I heard him today on the Mike Church show.  He has actually tried to sue to get Congress to call the convention.  The courts however, the yesmen for the Fifth Columnists in Washington D.C., predictably ruled that a citizen does not have standing to file suit.  From what I gather however, a single member of a state legislature would have standing.


    Friends of The Article V Convention have a letter that can be sent to congressmen and senators regarding the calling of the convention.  FOAVC also encourage each and every one of us to contact our state legislatures and ask jus one of them to stand for state's rights and individual liberty and file suit.

    Skeptics contend that Congress would not follow the new amendments should a convention be called and amendments ratified given their disdain for the Supreme Law of the Land.  This is a valid contention.  Should they continue to ignore the Constitution and the new amendments, perhaps secession would be the only remaining remedy.

    For those of that have never heard of Mike Church, check him out here.  He is a patriotic and brilliant American historian and political scientist.  I have learned more from listening to his show the last 6 months than I learned in six years of college.  If you are interested, he is conducting an Article V conference this Friday in Washington D.C.

    "The time for talk and half measures is over!" -MDM  An Article V Convention may be our last hope to preserve our republic.


    As Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Arms, if we accept the yoke of servitude, we deserve it. (paraphrased)

    God help us!

    -Crippy

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    Criminals (none / 0) (#1)
    by JGillman on Tue Apr 06, 2010 at 10:47:40 PM EST
    I hope we have some who are courageous enough to look into the criminal activity by many who are serving now.  Including Pelosi.  

    THEN.. we need to strengthen our recourse against the assumed federal authority.

    The Courts use precedent all too often, each time inching a little further from the intent as you point out with Madison promising New York that they would indeed retain their ability to exist within the union complete with the powers the federal government could not have.  It seems our courts are corrupted by time, and laziness often guides the rule.

    My concerns about this... (none / 0) (#4)
    by KG One on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 11:50:18 AM EST
    ...pretty much mirror my concerns for a con-con here in Michigan.

    The intentions behind it are good, but if it's not carefully watched, we may end up getting something like Articles 41 through 46 here.

    Besides, given Washington's penchant for ignoring our Constitution (democrats and Republicans), both(?) parties would screw this up given the chance.

    I'd like to keep the damage to a minimum.

    Commerce Clause (none / 0) (#5)
    by Rougman on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 11:57:52 AM EST
    The despotic branch of government has reached that point in time where its accepts that the commerce clause means exactly whatever some tight fisted bureaucrat in Washington wants it to mean.

    Here is a quick link to someone else's thoughts on the matter: Name something that isn't

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