Here Are the 34 States Who Are Calling for a “Convention of the States” to Stop Obama Thursday, January 1st, 2015 Article V of the U.S. Constitution states that Congress shall call a Convention of the States in order to propose amendments to the Constitution if two-thirds of the state legislatures request one. The 34th state required, Michigan, submitted its petition earlier this year, but significant questions remain about the validity of all 34 requests currently at hand. For example, some of the applications have been “rescinded” by the states — but the Constitution makes no provision for such a process. In addition, not all of the states agree on what sort of convention to convene. Some have requested a convention to discuss amending the Constitution to require a balanced budget; others seek to overturn the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court case by means of Constitutional amendment. In fact, Florida alone has submitted four such applications since 2010, all regarding different topics. Even constitutional scholars cannot agree whether 34 applications are currently valid and, if they are, which states should be included in the list, according to Fox News. In fact, some of the applications date back to before the Civil War. However, one point cannot be argued: as of earlier this year, 34 states had applied to Congress for the calling of a convention to debate a balanced budget amendment. Those 34 states are as follows, with states that have since rescinded their applications listed in parenthesis: Alabama, Alaska, (Arizona), Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, (Idaho), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, (Nevada), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, (North Dakota), Ohio, (Oklahoma), (Oregon), Pennsylvania, (South Carolina), (South Dakota), Tennessee, Texas, (Utah), Virginia and (Wyoming). Some states, like Florida, have applied to Congress for a convention on a balanced budget, withdrawn their application, and then re-applied, Newsmax reported, making an accurate count problematic, at best. And if that weren’t messy enough, many of these applications specify that they cover only a convention on a balanced budget amendment, and that if other topics are to be covered by the convention, their application should be considered rescinded. But if the applications cannot be rescinded … well, you can see why no convention has yet been called. The situation is fuzzy, to say the least. The point is that a super-majority off the state legislatures do or have believed, and rightly so, that the federal government is out of control, and that Congress cannot be trusted to rein in their own authority. But if they don’t, they may be forced to do so by the decisions of a Convention of the States — fuzzy or not. 1 Odd Trick Restores 20/20 Vision The #1 trick to REVERSE Tinnitus 1 Fruit That Fights Diabetes Sponsored by RevContent Please share this article on Twitter and Facebook if you agree that Congress should call a Convention of the States to debate amendments to the Constitution. Share on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:01:45 +0000
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