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Stop a Constitutional Convention
[John Birch Society] WHAT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION?A Constitutional Convention is an official meeting of representatives of the people of a state or nation for the purpose of writing or amending its constitution. Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways to propose amendments: 1. Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments; 2. Congress, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments. The first method has been used 27 times; the second method has never been used. Any proposed amendments would have to be ratified by three fourths of the states before being added to the Constitution. An Article V Constitutional Convention would threaten individual rights and our nation’s very form of government. Individual rights are secured by the Constitution, and a Con-Con would have the inherent power to become a "runaway" convention that could completely change the Constitution. How do we know such a convention could become a "runaway"? 1. There’s the precedent of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, which completely rewrote the Articles of Confederation and changed the ratification procedure; and 2. There’s the right of the sovereign people meeting in convention to alter or abolish their form of government (as stated in the Declaration of Independence), which could include rewriting the Constitution and changing the ratification procedure. Posted by: Besoeker 2025-04-11 |
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