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A Convention of States is an easy way to lose the present Constitution and we'll most assuredly lose the republic! This is a bad idea! https://jbs.org/concon/con-con-full-story/

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- I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree with you, John. I've found that most people who say that a Convention of States is “dangerous” or “risky” may not fully understand the process. Congress will not even call a Convention of States until and unless the SCOPE of the assembly is determined – that would be the parameters of the subject matter to be discussed.

Say, for instance, a convention is called and the scope is "to REDUCE the size, scope and jurisdiction of the federal government." Any proposal that would fall outside of those parameters would likely die in committee for lack of a second, and would never make it to the floor for a vote by the Committee of the Whole.

And even if it were to garner a second, consistent with over 300 years of political convention precedent, any proposal to EXPAND the size, scope or jurisdiction of the federal government – in clear conflict with the mandated scope - would be ruled "void ab initio," or dead on arrival, by the chair of the committee, and that would be the end of it... "Next on the agenda?"

Secondly, when the convention produces its final slate of proposals, it reports them to Congress. Congress then examines them to make certain that each proposal is germane to the subject of the call before referring the proposed amendments out to the states for ratification (or rejection). That’s the process, adding one more layer of protection.

And finally, even if everyone in Congress were completely asleep at the switch and a harmful amendment proposal actually DID fall in the laps of the legislators of both chambers of the 50 state legislatures around the country, we would have to believe that states like Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Utah, Arkansas, Tennessee, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming, North Dakota, Arizona and Texas, just to name 13, are going to blindly ratify it.

The reason we stop listing the states at 13 is because that’s all that’s required to kill any proposed amendment... and they don’t even have to vote. They can simply get up, go home for the day, and the measure dies.

So, these fears of a “runaway convention” are groundless. If there is a way that a harmful amendment can escape those three layers of built-in protection against exactly such a possibility, we invite anyone to point it out, but ask that they please be specific. Just being “afraid” is not enough. The only thing there is to be afraid of is doing nothing... doing nothing because we don’t have the courage to even try.

Give it some thought, then do the right thing… get involved. We CAN make a difference. Sign the petition ==> https://bit.ly/2Qe1w1o #COSProject

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@blueoval57 - I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree with you, John. I've found that most people who say that a Convention of States is “dangerous” or “risky” may not fully understand the process. Congress will not even call a Convention of States until and unless the SCOPE of the assembly is determined – that would be the parameters of the subject matter to be discussed.  
 
Say, for instance, a convention is called and the scope is "to REDUCE the size, scope and jurisdiction of the federal government." Any proposal that would fall outside of those parameters would likely die in committee for lack of a second, and would never make it to the floor for a vote by the Committee of the Whole.  
 
And even if it were to garner a second, consistent with over 300 years of political convention precedent, any proposal to EXPAND the size, scope or jurisdiction of the federal government – in clear conflict with the mandated scope - would be ruled "void ab initio," or dead on arrival, by the chair of the committee, and that would be the end of it... "Next on the agenda?" 
 
Secondly, when the convention produces its final slate of proposals, it reports them to Congress. Congress then examines them to make certain that each proposal is germane to the subject of the call before referring the proposed amendments out to the states for ratification (or rejection). That’s the process, adding one more layer of protection.  
 
And finally, even if everyone in Congress were completely asleep at the switch and a harmful amendment proposal actually DID fall in the laps of the legislators of both chambers of the 50 state legislatures around the country, we would have to believe that states like Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Utah, Arkansas, Tennessee, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming, North Dakota, Arizona and Texas, just to name 13, are going to blindly ratify it. 
 
The reason we stop listing the states at 13 is because that’s all that’s required to kill any proposed amendment... and they don’t even have to vote. They can simply get up, go home for the day, and the measure dies.  
 
So, these fears of a “runaway convention” are groundless. If there is a way that a harmful amendment can escape those three layers of built-in protection against exactly such a possibility, we invite anyone to point it out, but ask that they please be specific. Just being “afraid” is not enough. The only thing there is to be afraid of is doing nothing... doing nothing because we don’t have the courage to even try. 
 
Give it some thought, then do the right thing… get involved. We CAN make a difference. Sign the petition ==> https://bit.ly/2Qe1w1o #COSProject

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