Recently, The
New American has reported on the efforts by radio talk show host Mark Levin
and others to push for a constitutional
convention (a convention of the states, in the parlance of the proponents).
In his new book, Levin argues that such a
convention is the last hope “to reform the federal government from its
degenerate, bloated, imperial structure back to its (smaller) republican
roots.”
Unfortunately, many otherwise well-educated and
well-meaning conservatives have succumbed to Levin’s siren song and they have
gone so far as to deny the constitutionality of nullification and to insist
that an Article V convention is the only way to restore the balance of
federalism in our Republic.
Fighting for the Constitution as given to us by our
Founders is a noble goal and the anxiety of the conservative con-con
collaborators is understandable. We at
The New American and The John Birch Society welcome the help of all
those courageous enough to enlist in the battle to defeat the forces of federal
absolutism. We part company with those pushing for an Article V convention,
however, and we believe that a constitutional convention is not the right way
to stop the federal assault on our Constitution and the freedoms it protects.
The New American and many
other liberty-minded organizations promote nullification as the “rightful remedy” for curing the constant
federal overreaching. We believe that as the agent of the states, the federal
government has exceeded its contractual authority and the states as principals
have the right to refuse to ratify any such usurpation.
Since the publication of Levin’s admittedly popular
book, the battle between those promoting nullification and those advocating for
an Article V constitutional convention is a topic getting plenty of coverage in
the alternative media.
There is another uncomfortable aspect of the Article V
movement that is not being discussed, however, but needs to be, particularly in
light of the good people who have associated themselves with it.
Within the ranks of those clamouring for an Article V
convention are found numerous extremely radical, progressive, and socialist
organizations that otherwise would have little in common with the conservatives
fighting on the same side.
Wolf-Pac is one of the groups that this
reporter suspects many Levin listeners would be surprised to know is their
compatriot in a call for a con-con.
On its website, Wolf-Pac pushes for an Article V
“convention of the states” as the best way to accomplish its “ultimate goal:"
To restore true democracy in the United States by
pressuring our State Representatives to pass a much needed 28th Amendment to
our Constitution which would end corporate personhood and publicly finance all
elections in our country.
In order to persuade Americans to join its cause,
Wolf-Pac will:
Inform the public by running television commercials,
radio ads, social media, internet ads, and using the media platform of the
largest online news show in the world, The Young Turks.
The Young Turks? Most
constitutionalists (and I imagine most fans of Mark Levin) don’t spend much
time during the day watching the Young Turks, the YouTube-based news and
entertainment channel that dubs itself the “world’s largest online news
network.”
As unfamiliar as they may be with the Young Turks, it
seems certain conservatives pushing for a con-con are even more unfamiliar with
who pays the bills at this online purveyor of progressive ideology: George Soros
(shown). Dan Gainor reports:
In fact, Soros funds nearly every major left-wing
media source in the United States. Forty-five of those are financed through his
support of the Media Consortium. That organization 'is a network of the
country's leading, progressive, independent media outlets.' The list is
predictable — everything from Alternet to the Young Turks.
That’s right. George Soros — the financier of
global fascism — is pumping millions of dollars into the same
Article V campaign that is being promoted by Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean
Hannity, Glenn Beck, and other popular conservative spokesmen.
What will those in Wolf-Pac do if they are able to get
“their amendment” proposed and accepted by an Article V convention?
“Celebrate the fact that we had the courage and persistence
[sic] to accomplish something truly amazing and historic together.”
Anything a group with this anti-constitutional agenda
would do to our Constitution would certainly be historic — in
the worst way.
This should be enough to convince all true
conservatives, constitutionalists, and friends of liberty to run headlong away
from the ranks of the Article V con-con army, regardless of how popular and
persuasive their generals may be.
It will likely surprise these devoted, but deluded,
Article V advocates that Wolf-Pac is just the tip of the iceberg. These good
people would be wise to take a look at this heavily abbreviated roster of their
radical fellow travellers in the con-con movement, each of which is a
registered “founding member” of the “Move to Amend” coalition.
Alliance for Democracy
Center for Media and Democracy
Code Pink
Independent Progressive Politics Network
Progressive Democrats of America
Sierra Club
Vermont for Single Payer
Mind you, hundreds more groups “committed to social
and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy”
are gathered under this umbrella.
This hardly seems to be a corps that most Levin
listeners would be happy to stand shoulder to shoulder with in the fight for a
“convention of the states.” In fairness, these allies likely don’t share their
conservative cohorts’ love and loyalty to the Constitution.
It’s time these right-minded men and women know with
whom they are associating.
It’s doubtful that Mark Levin’s legion of listeners
would be as eager to get behind his Article V con-con agenda if they knew whom
they were fighting beside and how radically their new allies want to change our
beloved Constitution.
And that’s the problem. Regardless of the soothing
words of Levin or others in the con-con camp, they cannot guarantee the outcome
of such a convention. In fact, in light of the lists of leftist groups provided
above, the results of the convention could be an outright scrapping of the
Constitution written by the Founders in favour of one more in line with the
progressive ideologies of Wolf-Pac, the Sierra Club, Code Pink, and others.
Remember, according to the history of Article V-style
conventions, regardless of any state or congressional legislation requiring
them to consider only one amendment (a balanced budget amendment, for example),
the delegates elected to the convention would possess unlimited, though not
unprecedented, power to propose revisions to the existing Constitution, based
on the inherent right of the People in convention to alter or revise their
government.
The mind boggles at the potential proposals that could
come out of a convention composed of such radical representatives.
Don’t forget, George Soros’s billions are funding
these fringe groups and politicians aren't known for their ability to resist
hefty campaign contributions.
Conservatives should shudder at the spectre of a
convention endowed with power of this magnitude, populated by activists who
have a Soros credit card in their pocket and a commitment to “social justice”
as their purpose. All the good intentions of the conservatives in
the Article V camp would not be enough to force all
these devastating changes to the Constitution back inside the
progressive Pandora's Box.
Readers are encouraged to click the links provided in
this article and to investigate for themselves the agenda of the various
Article V advocates and to determine if it's worth the risk to our Constitution
that would be posed by the presence of these groups in the "convention of
the states."
Finally, the startling information set out in this
article is not meant as an attack on Mark Levin or anyone else working to call
a “convention of the states.” Rather, it is intended to help the thousands of
committed constitutionalists who find themselves believing in the Article V
gospel he’s preaching to realize who’s sitting in the pews with them and whose money
built the church.
Source:http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/17402-socialists-and-
Joe A.
Wolverton, II, J.D. is a correspondent for The New
American and travels frequently nationwide speaking on topics
of nullification, the NDAA, the Second Amendment, and the surveillance
state. He is the co-founder of Liberty Rising, an educational endeavour
aimed at promoting and preserving the Constitution. Follow him on Twitter
@TNAJoeWolverton and he can be reached at jwolverton@thenewamerican.com
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