Tag: Article V
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Should We Allow The Boston Globe to Edit the Constitution?
by Allan Wall, US Incorporated, ©2021 (Dec. 28, 2021) — The Boston Globe has published a collection of essays entitled, “Editing the Constitution.” There is a built-in mechanism for editing the U.S. Constitution. It’s called the amendment process, spelled out in Article V of the Constitution itself. This process has been utilized sparingly to amend…
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Americans Get the Federal Government We Deserve
by Matt Erickson, Patriot Corps, public domain (Mar. 24, 2021) — Americans will get the federal government we deserve, if we aren’t willing to put forth the effort needed to discover how federal servants ever became our political masters and then take the appropriate steps to end their false reign. And, the corrective steps don’t…
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What We are Really Up Against
“ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS CHANGE THE NAME” by Oren Long, ©2019 (Sep. 9, 2019) — We are all missing the CORE REASON we are all sooo hated by the Left — FREEDOM! We love freedom. They hate it. It really, truly IS that simple! Throughout all of human history, regardless of how…
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We the People Are Long Overdue for an Article V Convention of States
WORLD WAR II VETERAN SEES CONGRESS AS “RECALCITRANT” by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col. USA (Ret), ©2018 (Oct. 16, 2018) — Two hundred thirty-one years and 115 Congresses and despite the framers’ intentions, with the exception of two (2) conscientious Republican Congressmen, the Legislative branch has been and continues to be illegally feckless, delinquent and…
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World War II Veteran Excoriates Congress in Message to AG, President
WOULD A CONVENTION OF STATES RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT? by Col. Thomas E. Davis (Ret), ©2018 (Apr. 3, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The following was sent to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the White House. “COS” refers to “Convention of States.”] It is long past due for the feckless Congress to be brought to a screeching…
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Why Do You Laugh?
YOU ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE! by Col. Dr. Thomas E. Davis (Ret), ©2018 (Jan. 15, 2018) — Are you pleased with your misbehavior? Are you pleased that you are in violation of Article V? OR, are you incompetent and simply contrary? Maybe it is that you think you have outmaneuvered…
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Sadly, It’s Over
A “ONCE-GRAND EXPERIMENT” by Michael Gaddy, ©2017, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jun. 22, 2017) — As hard as it is for me to say, and as hard as it has been for me to face the reality of it all, this once grand experiment in Liberty, without some form of divine intervention, is over.…
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The Games Politicians Play
TO THE NATION’S DETRIMENT by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), ©2017 (Feb. 2, 2017) — A moment ago, I came upon this statement in this morning’s issue of The Hill: “Democrats plot protest for Trump’s speech to Congress.” That single sentence alone illustrates a key ingredient in that quagmire known as Party Politics.…
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Article V Convention? I Don’t Think So!!!!
WOULD THE CONSTITUTION BE ABOLISHED ALTOGETHER? by Bob Russell, ©2016, blogging at Conservative Daily News (Jan. 26, 2016) — There are many people, some who erroneously call themselves conservatives, panting at the idea of and calling for a Constitutional Convention as a resolution to the dilemma of politicians ignoring and violating the current document. What…
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Impossible?
“JOIN THE FIGHT FOR ACTION” by Dr. Tom Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), ©2015 (Dec. 8, 2015) — ISIS has sworn to attack the White House! Do you think that is possible? OK. So what do we do about it? A few facts are in order. From Damascus, Syria to Washington, DC, it is 5884 miles;…
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I Know I Can! I Know I Can!
ARTICLE V LITIGATION UPDATE by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2015, blogging at Amo Probos (Nov. 11, 2015) — Because I am the little litigation engine that could (and, unlike most, would), I must: An update on my litigation efforts: First, in my Article V litigation against Speaker Ryan (Boehner resigned recently) and Senator McConnell, the case…
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If It Wasn’t Tragic, It Would Be Funny…
“PLEASE DO NOT COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ANY HOUSE MEMBER…” by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2015, blogging at Amo Probos (Oct. 22, 2015) — In my Article V lawsuit against Congress, I have been emailing each member of Congress notice of the lawsuit now that it is pending in the District of Columbia Superior Court. A number of…
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Constitution Class 9/19/15
“WE IN AMERICA DO NOT HAVE GOVERNMENT BY THE MAJORITY. WE HAVE GOVERNMENT BY THE MAJORITY WHO PARTICIPATE.” – THOMAS JEFFERSON by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Aug. 31, 2015) — We will continue our discussion of our Constitution and Bill of Rights on Saturday 19 September from 10am until 2pm at Shiloh Steakhouse in Cortez, Colorado.…
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Packed and Ready to Go…
FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2014, blogging at Amo Probos (Oct. 28, 2014) — While the legal nuances of a Convention to Propose Amendments are many, two major questions troubled me. First, how to address the lunatic fringe from hijacking the convention? Upon meditation, I concluded that this was a risk that…
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Forward into the Past — Part I
A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2014, blogging at Amo Probos (Oct. 16, 2014) — Having mediated on the State of the Union vis-a-vis my duty as a Citizen, I have concluded that the first three Articles of that most sacred social compact have now been perverted beyond all redemption. Article I –…
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Convention of States Debate
HOW TO REIN IN ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT? by TPATH, ©2014 (Apr. 17, 2014) — Are you tired of career politicians that have trampled on our God-given rights in order to get more votes? Do you think it’s time We the People take back our country but don’t know how? Our Founders wrestled against tyranny and extreme…
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Some Thoughts on the Article V Issue
IS A CONVENTION OF THE STATES THE ANSWER? by Tom DeWeese, ©2014, The American Policy Center (Mar. 11, 2014) — I’ve written many articles in the past concerning my opposition to a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). I’ve also helped in successful fights in Ohio and Kansas to stop Con Con Resolutions. But recently there is a…
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The Article V Convention Debate
NULLIFICATION OR AMENDMENTS? by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2013 (Sep. 22, 2013) — An otherwise highly respected authority on constitutional law… writing under the pseudonym Publius Huldah (PH)… has written an extensive critique of Mark Levin’s bestselling book, The Liberty Amendments, in which Levin urges the states to move toward an Article V convention. Article V of…
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The Article V Convention
“NOTHING TO FEAR; EVERYTHING TO GAIN” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2013 (Sep. 7, 2013) — As Mark Levin’s new book, The Liberty Amendments – Restoring the American Republic, generates hundreds of thousands, if not millions more advocates for a Second Constitutional Convention, it is imperative that all aspects of the concept be given a full and…
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Throw the Bums Out! pb
“USURPED BY CAREER POLITICIANS” by RoseAnn Salanitri, ©2013, blogging at TPATH (Aug. 18, 2013) — This week Mark Levin provided a lightening rod to movement Conservative by lending credibility to the “alternate” amendment process. While this issue is not new, it has been a point of contention among Constitutionalists who realize that our Republican form…