Which States Want to Hold an Article V Constitutional Convention?

     The map below shows which states have passed resolutions applying for a convention of states to address needed changes to the Constitution. Such action is allowed, and regulated by, Article V of the Constitution for the United States.

   In my opinion, volunteers wishing to support a convention should call state legislators in those states, in that order, because that will make it easier to get a larger number of states faster and earlier. Rapid spread of pro-convention sentiment could create a snowball effect and increase the chances of getting the 34 states required (2/3 of the states) to invoke a constitutional convention.

     To ensure maximum success and efficiency, I would recommend that states be courted for support in three stages:

     1. Stage 1 (Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho, South Dakota, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Montana)

     2. Stage 2 (Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, and Wisconsin)

     3. Stage 3 (Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, and Virginia).

     That is the order in which Trump was supported by the states likely to support a constitutional convention, but have not passed resolutions indicating interest in holding a convention.

     I have assumed that the states that didn't go for Biden, would be the states most likely to support a convention, because there would be no reward for the most strongly pro-Biden states to hold such a convention, as it would challenge the power of incoming President Biden.

     See 2020 election results here:

      http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

Source:

http://www.commoncause.org/resource/u-s-constitution-threatened-as-article-v-convention-movement-nears-success/#:~:text=In%20just%20the%20last%20five,Arkansas%2C%20Utah%2C%20and%20Mississippi.

For more information, visit the following site:

http://conventionofstates.com/

Written and published on January 19th, 2021

The Tenth Amendment

The following was written in April 2014, as part of a response to the Campaign for Liberty's 2012 survey questionnaire for candidates running for federal office.

6. Do you support and will you vote to protect states asserting their rights under the Tenth Amendment?

     Yes, I support and will vote to protect states asserting their rights under the Tenth Amendment.

     The federal government has broken its constitutional agreement with the states to exercise the Enumerated Powers. Overly broad and sweeping interpretations and applications of the Necessary and Proper Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and the Interstate Commerce Clause have all contributed to the justification of federal intervention in economic and civic life in the states.

     So too have executive orders which authorized – under the otherwise constitutional presidential power to re-organize the cabinet - the “reorganization” of entire industries, and sectors of industrial relations and of the economy, under the federal government's jurisdiction (as represented in the cabinet and in cabinet-level agencies), without the approval of Congress.

     Furthermore, the federal government has broken its agreement to only exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia and the nation's overseas territories, and over the lands and policy matters explicitly granted to it by the states in Article I, Section 8. The federal government's ownership of vast land areas within the states impedes the ability of each state to tax the unimproved value of land as fully as it finds necessary in order to afford to be in a financial relationship with the federal government.

     I fully support the rights of states to nullify and interpose unconstitutional federal laws; to enjoin federal authorities against enforcing such laws; and to exercise Article 5 powers. I believe that more Americans would support the rights of states if they knew that during the Civil War, the State of Wisconsin nullified federal legislation to return freed slaves to their former masters.

For more entries on states' rights, the Tenth Amendment, and other states' issues, please visit:

http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/secession-petition-signatures-as-of.html

http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2014/04/12-ways-to-bail-out-states.html