re: What would you like to see from a potential Convention of the States?

1. Define a natural-born citizen as someone born of at least biological one parent who was an American citizen at the time of the child's birth.

2. Amendment for annually balancing the budget, except in times of declared, active war on another nation. Wartime deficits must be repaid in full within 10 years of the end of that war.

3. Repeal of the Wickard v Filburn ruling, any attempt to use the Interstate Commerce Clause can be done only when a tangible, interstate impact can be proven (not just hypothesized).

4. Any federal official (whether elected, appointed or a federal employee) found of violating any Constitutional right is jailed for no less than 10 years and barred from any elected office or federal job for the rest of their life.

5. Term limits. No one may serve more than 12 total years in Congress.

6. English is the official language of the United States.

7. Revoke the 16th Amendment.

8. Revoke the 17th Amendment.

Political contribution reform:

No one who does not reside in jurisdiction being contested (within the state for statewide, in the congressional district for House seats, etc) may contribute to a political candidate. Also, only registered voters - no PACs, corporations, or other fictitious entity - may contribute.

just use Levins list. He started this movement more than a decade ago

No corporate donations allowed towards political campaigns

No pharmaceutical advertising

In addition to many of the great suggestions above:

Decentralize the Federal government, including Congress. Move all the alphabet agencies to locations far and diverse from DC and only allow liaisons, not officers or employees, to enter DC.

Move Congress out of DC and increase the House number to the proportionate figure from the original congress. It's the 21st century, they can do everything they need to do over the internet and from their constituency, and we can build a secure network for them to do it. It is ridiculous to limit the house to 435.

Anti-nepotism: close relatives not allowed to work for other agencies, some restrictions on working for NGO's and returning to Gov, i.e., expand conflict of interest. A lot of thought needs to go into this one.

Take away the prosecutorial powers of DOJ, FBI, DEA, etc. Those agencies will only be empowered to investigate and provide evidence to a state entity. All crimes prosecuted in state courts, not Federal. Special Prosecutor power for extreme cases can be granted but are constitutionally defined and limited.

States can overturn Supreme Court decisions by super majority. Federal Court authority limited to specific jurisdiction, i.e., Hawaii judge can't issue nationwide injunction.

All Federal employees, at any level, have a similar burden as our troops: a responsibility to disobey an unlawful order. It is their job to know what is unlawful.

Codify the Second Amendment as an individual right and clarify that right as universal in all states, even concealed carry.

Reinforce the Sovereignty of the States.

Limit the regulatory powers of the Federal Government.

I can think of a few others.

No more Birthright Citizenship

Repeal the 16A > Abolition of the IRS > Replaced with National Retail Sales Tax

- FairTax

- Peaceful secession process

- election reform

- repeal 17th

I mean yeah

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Never knew this used to be a thing. I’m with you. Gets the states more involved

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Yep. With senators reporting to the state legislature, mandates from the federal government will be far fewer and BS like the latest border security bill will be a thing of the past.