The
Nightmare Amendments from COSP’s “simulated convention” & why Georgia
should rescind its existing applications for an Art. V convention & not
pass any more!
"The
politician that undertakes to improve a Constitution with as little thought as
a farmer sets about mending his plow, is no master of his trade. If that
Constitution be a systematic one, if it be a free one, its parts are so
necessarily connected that an alteration in one will work an alteration in all;
and this cobbler, however pure and honest his intentions, will, in the end,
find that what came to his hands a fair and lovely fabric goes from them a
miserable piece of patchwork.” - Daniel Webster, 4th of July Oration, 1802.
Our US
Constitution delegates only a handful of powers to the fed gov’t. This one page
chart lists the powers. But everyone ignores our Constitution – even State
Legislators have no idea what it says. The mess around us is the result of
ignoring our Constitution. But the Convention of States Project (COSP) insists
we must amend the Constitution to “limit the power and jurisdiction of the
federal government”, & claims we can get amendments to do that at an
Article V convention.
But our
Constitution already limits the power and jurisdiction of the fed gov’t to a
mere handful of powers! Furthermore, it’s impossible to rein in the fed gov’t
with amendments because when the fed gov’t usurps powers not delegated, they
are ignoring the existing limitations on their powers!
Accordingly,
COSP can’t produce even one amendment which would fix the fed gov’ts violations
of our Constitution. During Sep. 2016, with great fanfare and hoopla, COSP
staged a 3-day “simulated convention” at Williamsburg, Virginia, apparently to
make us believe that at a convention called by Congress under Article V of our
Constitution, the Delegates would not write a new Constitution; but would do
nothing more than propose wise amendments which would “limit the power and
jurisdiction of the federal government”.
Most of
the Delegates to the simulated convention were Republican State Legislators.
HERE is the list of Delegates from each State. The Delegates from Georgia were
Representatives Timothy Barr, Buzz Brockway, and Bruce Williamson.
The
Delegates to the simulated convention approved six amendments – one for term
limits and five others which would dramatically increase the powers of the fed
gov’t. The complete texts of the six amendments approved at the “simulated
convention”, and how Delegates from the States voted, are HERE. In a nutshell: ·
One of the amendments would make Congress’s existing - and unconstitutional -
practice of spending wildly on whatever they want, constitutional for as long
as Congress continues to approve increases in the debt. ·
Another would delegate to the fed gov’t dictatorial new powers over individual
Americans such as I witnessed 40+ years ago in Communist East Europe and the
Soviet Union: it delegates to the fed gov’t total power over the “movement” or
“transportation” of “persons” across state lines! That amendment also would
delegate to the fed gov’t additional soviet style dictatorial powers over
Americans. · Under our existing Constitution, only Congress
has the power to make law [Article I, §1], but one of the amendments would
transform into "law" every word, order, dictate, ruling, opinion
issued by anyone in the Executive Branch of the fed gov’t. ·
Another would authorize Congress to impose a national sales tax and a national
value added tax. · Another would legalize
the regulatory administrative law state and rulemaking by federal executive
agencies. All those rules and rulemaking are now unconstitutional as in
violation of Article I, §1, and as outside the scope of the enumerated powers.
So the amendments don’t “limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal
government” – they would increase the powers of the fed gov’t by delegating new
dictatorial powers over Americans and by legalizing powers the fed gov’t has
already usurped. One assumes that the Delegates to the simulated convention didn’t
understand the ramifications of the amendments they voted for and were misled
by others at the convention who hold “insidious views”.
The
convention lobby is funded by powerful moneyed interests [primarily the Koch
Brothers of Texas]. They want a new Constitution for this Country. The way to
get a new Constitution is at an Article V convention. That is what this push
for a convention is all about; and they are exploiting State Legislators to get
it, by telling them that at a convention, they can get amendments to “limit the
power and jurisdiction of the federal government”. Statecraft is serious
business – it takes systematic study of history, political philosophy, and
original source documents to master. I respectfully suggest that the ignorance and
gullibility of the American People - including State Legislators - is so great
today that we have no business tinkering with our Constitution. I submit the
nightmare amendments State Legislators approved as proof of my words. For
details, see COS Project's "simulated convention" dog and pony show
and what they did there. Georgia should rescind its existing applications for
an Article V convention and should NOT pass any more applications! Joanna
Martin, J.D. publiushuldah@gmail.com
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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