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Mr. Limbaugh demonstrates his historic as well as constitutional ignorance. First of all the resolution regarding the 1787 convention said nothing about amending the Articles of Confederation. Indeed the language said the convention was to "render" the Articles to be able to handle the problems of government. The convention did just that. Second, Mr. Limbaugh refers to the convention as a "bad idea." It is not a bad idea. It is a constitutional requirement. Moreover there is nothing in Article V that grants a convention the right to write a new Constitution. If such a convention had such power, then Congress, having the identical power of proposal as Congress would propose a new Constitution which, the expressed language of the...
Amending the Constitution can be accomplished by two methods: by Congress and by Convention. The states have already submitted enough applications to cause a convention call. They can be read at www.foavc.org.
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Bill 514 Wrote: Apr 07, 2010 11:46 AM
If Schalfly is so correct about Madison how come he favored a convention and so stated in Congress in its first session. See Virginia application, http://www.foavc.org.

If Schlafly is right how come she never has come clean about her connection with Warren Burger and his so-called Burger letter? She's never released all the correspondence between them nor told what went on during the "meetings" she had with him while he was Chief Justice.

Go to http://www.foavc.org. Learn the truth. A convention can only propose amendments. It is a constitutional requirement. The states have applied, all 50 over 700 times for a convention. Congress must call. What Schalfly wants is for us to go along with the government vetoing the...
I should have thought a man who exposes that he practiced law before the Supreme Court for 33 years as his main mantle would not then show how little he knows about the law.

Even a first year law student is aware of Powell v McCormack 395 U.S. 486 (1969) and the fact the court ruled that only the terms of office specified in the Constitution could be used to determine whether or not a person elected to Congress could be seated. The terms of office age, citizenship and residence do not include a recall provision by the states. Further any argument using the 10th Amendment is invalid as clearly it is the house of Congress that judges admission of members, not the states. Hence, the 10th Amendment excludes the states from such...
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