Do you support a convention of states, or do you prefer the federal government to have more power than the states?

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It appears that a previously slowly growing movement is gaining momentum to reconvene the (barely) united states of America, for probably the first time since 1946. That was a convention of only 5 states. The new call is said to already have nearly four times that many states, and a previous but recent call included twenty-eight.

www.businessinsider.com/constitutional-convention-conservative-scholar-states-2022-8

In case you’re unsure what this means:

i2i.org/how-a-convention-of-states-really-works/

In case you’re in favor and would like to sign the petition:

https://conventionofstates.com/

This is a complex issue and worthy of meaningful consideration as well as open and honest discourse. Let’s keep our answers educated and civil, please and thanks!

Do you support a convention of states, or do you prefer the federal government to have more power than the states?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

There is an alternative, we could actually elect politicians willing to check and balance each other.

All we have to do is get an executive willing to not enforce unconstitutional acts. Democrats have already shown the way on this, act with their deferred action on illegal aliens.

So the compact of everyone just agreeing to enforce every act no matter how divorced from any Constitutional power is already breaking down. We keep pushing it further and the Federal Government will break down.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

We need to have a smaller frederal government. The feds can maintain the military but should leave the important stuff to state govenment.

HighValue · Answer

I support a convention of states to add amendments to the constitution. We need 34 to start it and 38 to ratify any new amendments.

I'd like to see an amendment keeping the Supreme Court at 9 judges permanently because if more are added, each party would just add more and more each time they have majority and the court would lose all of its credibility.

I'd also like to see an amendment being more specific in regards to gun rights and constitutional carry.

Make an election national holiday and all state and federal elections must be in person, with a verified ID, and the voter must feed their own ballot into the machine themselves and it must be recorded on camera. No more anonymous voting. Polling places could be at local schools like they used to be. All votes must be counted by the end of election night at 11:59pm.

I'd also like an amendment preventing any foreign government from buying/owning any land in our country. (China buying farmland for example would be blocked.)

joeldalton · Answer

I support the convention of states. Issue one being term limits for congress.

Guy13 · Answer

Yes, Brother.. for sure 💪

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