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re: Dems do not want a Convention of States
Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote: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.)
What are the rules on a convention?
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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Posted on 4/9/14 at 3:26 pm to LSURussian
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or even replace the existing constitution,
NO! That's totally false. A convention of states is a convention called by the state legislatures for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution. They are given power to do this under Article V of the Constitution. It is not a constitutional convention. It cannot throw out the Constitution because its authority is derived from the Constitution.
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