1. How would Delegates be
selected or elected to a Constitutional Convention?
2. What authority would be
responsible for determining the number of Delegates from each state?
3. What authority would be
responsible for electing the Delegates to the convention?
4. Would Delegates be
selected based on Population, number of Registered Voters, or along Party lines?
5. Would Delegates be
selected based on race, ethnicity or gender?
6. What authority would be
responsible for organizing the convention, such as committee selection, committee
chairs and members, etc.?
7. How would the number of
Delegates serving on any committee be selected and limited?
8. How would the Chair of
the Convention be selected or elected?
9. What authority will
establish the Rules of the Convention, such as setting a quorum, how to proceed
if a state wishes to withdraw its delegation, etc?
10. What authority would
be responsible for selecting the venue for the Convention?
11. Would proposed
amendments require a two-thirds majority vote for passage?
12. How would the number
of votes required to pass a Constitutional Amendment be determined?
13. What would happen if
the Con Con decided to write its own rules so that 2/3 of the states need not
be present to get amendments passed?
14. Could a state
delegation be recalled by its legislature and its call for a convention be
rescinded during the convention?
15. Would non-Delegates be
permitted inside the convention hall?
16. Will demonstrators be
allowed and/or controlled outside the convention hall?
17. Would congress decide
to submit Con Con amendments for ratification to the state legislatures or to a
state constitutional convention as permitted under Article V of the
constitution?
18. Where would the Convention
be held?
19. Who will fund this
Convention?
20. If these questions
cannot be answered (and they CANNOT!), then why would any state legislator
even consider voting for
such an uncertain event as an Article V Constitutional Convention?
VOTE NO ON ANY BILLS TO CALL A CON CON AND
VOTE TO RESCIND ANY PREVIOUS CALL(S).
Source:http://www.eagleforum.org/alert/2011/pdf/20Questions.pdf
Comments
The Georgia Legislature needs to rescind its Resolution
for a Convention of States.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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