Category: convention of states

‘Convention of States’ Project Head Seeks To Rein In Federal Overreach, Calls HR 1 ‘Death of Democracy’

Political activist Mark Meckler, who heads the Convention of States Action project, warned that the Democrat-led election reform bill is a threat to democracy, while touting his initiative as a constitutionally-enshrined way to fight back and rein in federal overreach. Meckler, in an interview with The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads” program, took aim at H.R. 1,…


Video: How a Convention of States Could Rein in Federal Overreach: Interview With Mark Meckler

Written into Article 5 of the US Constitution is the ability for states to recommend amendments to the Constitution through a convention of states, and a push to do so is now underway. To learn more about the movement behind this, and to address the rumors, questions, and concerns around it, we sat down for…


How a ‘Convention of States’ Really Works

Commentary “Ignorance lies not in the things you don’t know, but in the things you know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers In an earlier, widely shared, essay I contended that state legislatures should require Congress to call a “convention of the states.” Article V of the Constitution empowers such a convention to propose constitutional amendments…


Opinion: How a ‘Convention of States’ Really Works

Commentary “Ignorance lies not in the things you don’t know, but in the things you know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers In an earlier, widely shared, essay I contended that state legislatures should require Congress to call a “convention of the states.” Article V of the Constitution empowers such a convention to propose constitutional amendments…


Constitutional Convention Is Not the Solution to Big Government

Commentary Millions of Americans are understandably frustrated at the inexorable growth of governmental power, especially at the federal level. This frustration has caused many to look for solutions, many of which will either do nothing or have the potential to make the problem worse—much worse. The proposal for a constitutional convention to supposedly rein in…