There are Christian, and conservative Americans that are concerned about “the dangers” of a convention of states. There are forces, aligned against convention of states who prey upon those fears, warning of the possibility of, “a runaway convention,” where our US Constitution would be in jeopardy.
I’d like to begin by reminding my readers that we are in a daily “constitutional convention,” where our constitution is continually assaulted by the President, the Supreme Court, and even our Congress. Members of each of these three branches have sworn an oath to defend our constitution, but often violate that oath. The threat to our Constitution lies in not having an Article V, convention of states, but in not having one.
I find it instructive that in the nearly four months, from May 25th, till September 17th, of 1787, many issues were proposed, and debated. In that time I am not aware of any issue that went without dissent, yet on September 15th, two days before the close of the convention, Article V was again brought into focus.
After James Madison had first raised the idea of allowing the states to propose amendments to the Constitution early in the convention, and the idea had become lost in the sauce. George Mason, on 9/25/1789, again brought it to the forefront for consideration.
What I find most interesting is that the convention of delegates, those that produced this fabulous document proposed it, and passed it, unanimously, in time to sign it into law, merely two days later.
From 1789 through January 3, 2019, approximately 11,770 measures have been proposed to amend the United States Constitution, only 27 have been adopted. I don’t believe that the Article V amendment process is dangerous, it is the so called laws enacted by executive decree, bureaucratic regulation, or judicial fiat, that have undermined the liberty of the American citizen.
I wonder how many proposals, during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, or thereafter, have been adopted by unanimous vote, and without debate. I would guess that this number is low.
You may wonder at my reason for asking this question. The answer, is to provoke you to consider that, if the framers of our constitution were so completely in favor of a convention of states option for proposing amendments, why should anyone be skeptical?
I believe that we NEED a Convention of States
God bless you, Dave