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re: Dems do not want a Convention of States

Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:05 pm to
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:05 pm to
I'm confused. Forgive my ignorance. What are the rules on a convention? What's to stop the liberals from taking it over and making things even worse?
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:07 pm to
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What's to stop the liberals from taking it over and making things even worse?


The fact that the states themselves have to approve the amendments and not congress.
Posted by darkhorse
Member since Aug 2012
7701 posts
Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:08 pm to
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What's to stop the liberals from taking it over and making things even worse?



Each state is set up differently, but no one state has more POWER than another. LA's vote is as strong as Ca or NY.

It's a sea of RED within most of the states legislatures.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:20 pm to
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What are the rules on a convention?
34 (2/3 of states by number) states can call for a convention. The convention is free to vote on any amendments to the constitution or even replace the existing constitution, which is what happened once before with the Articles of the Confederation. (No, GT, that was not how the Confederate States of America was formed.)

The amendments must then be submitted back to the states and it takes 38 (3/4) of the states to ratify the amendments proposed by the convention.
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