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Title: Nebraska Joins Call For Convention Of States To Amend US Constitution
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political ... n-states-amend-us-constitution
Published: Feb 12, 2022
Author: Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times
Post Date: 2022-02-12 13:21:26 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 853
Comments: 8

Nebraska on Jan. 28 became the 17th state to push for a convention of states to make changes to the U.S. Constitution—an unconventional process that’s never been used before.

Under Article V of the Constitution, calling a convention to amend the U.S. constitution would require approval from two-thirds of U.S. states, or 34 of 50 states. According to the National Constitution Center, the measure is used to bypass Congress, but has never been accomplished before.

Constitutional amendments can also be made if two-thirds of both chambers of Congress agree on a proposal and it is ratified by three- fourths of states. Since the U.S. Constitution was adopted, 27 amendments have been made.

The Nebraska Legislature in its resolution, similar to other states, put forward changes that will “impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.”

State lawmakers reached a compromise with an amendment that would let the call expire in February 2027.

Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran, a Republican who sponsored the resolution, told Fox News that he believes an “overreach on the part of the federal government” is driving states to push for change.

“The Founding Fathers had anxiety that that might happen,” Halloran said. “I don’t believe they imagined that it would get to this point.”

Halloran decried the $30 trillion national debt as “unsustainable.”

“It’s become abundantly clear with the history of Congress that they have no sense of limiting their spending and the accrued debt that’s happening upon our nation,” Halloran said.

“We have effectively kicked that can down the road on repayment of any of that, but we cannot kick the can down the road every year,” he added.

The senator called on other states to join on calls to amend the U.S. Constitution.

“It’s an exercise in what the Constitution is,” he said. “I think it would be a great civics lesson once it happens.”

In a message aimed at state leaders, Halloran told Fox News he believes the nation can no longer be operated on “fear, uncertainty, and doubt.”

He separately told Newsweek that states need to move to exercise their constitutional authority by “proposing amendments through an Article V Convention of States to restrain the federal government from driving our country into insolvency.”

According to the Convention of States Action, so far Georgia, Alaska, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arizona, North Dakota, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Utah have approved a call for the convention, while 24 others are considering doing so.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

That is a real threat to our masters.

DWornock  posted on  2022-02-12   13:44:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: DWornock (#1)

Not if they manage to control the convention.

Ada  posted on  2022-02-12   14:32:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ada (#2)

You are right; because, if it gets that far, they probably will be in control.

DWornock  posted on  2022-02-12   18:22:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Ada (#0) (Edited)

If a Con Con is approved there would be no way to control what form of government would be put in place of the Republic given us by Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

During the Con Con in Philadelphia in 1789, the original intention was to amend the Articles of Confederation. But this idea was scrapped to favor a a new Constitution, the Tri-partite form we now enjoy. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2022-02-12   18:30:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Ada (#2) (Edited)

Not if they manage to control the convention.

When the new Constitution was presented to the delegates in Philadelphia in 1789, several of the new prospective states refused to sign without a Bill of Rights. This led to the first 10 Amendments. The First spells out our rights and the Second how to protect them, with an armed populace.

What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand? ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2022-02-12   18:38:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Ada (#0)

You can kiss the second amendment goodbye the minute these fucks get their convention going.

It will be called under the guise of ridding us of our national debt. The exchange will be our sovereignty and our right to bear arms. While we will be debt free, it will mean that each and every one of us will be disarmed, by force if necessary.

DO NOT TRUST ANYONE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT. They are only in power so they may do the will of their masters, and they do not, and never have represented you.

"Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist

TommyTheMadArtist  posted on  2022-02-12   19:49:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Ada, All (#0)

Shoot, that's awful. I just gave wrote 'my' senators what for today via a JBS email and urged 20 good rightist friends to, giving them no out (resending the email). We've GOT to stop this -- y'all jump on it!!!

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USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2022-02-12   19:52:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: BTP Holdings (#4)

During the Con Con in Philadelphia in 1789, the original intention was to amend the Articles of Confederation.

A mistake IMO. If the articles had been amended to provide for a tariff on imported goods, it would have avoided many subsequent problems.

Ada  posted on  2022-02-12   22:20:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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