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

What is the Congress Allowed to Do, and What is it Not Allowed to Do (Without an Amendment)?

 

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to view in full detail

Note:

The infographic above is intended to be only a

basic overview of what libertarian, conservative,

"constitutionalist", and/or "original intent"

interpretations of the Constitution

seem to allow the Congress to do.

It does not include all policy topics.

Policy topics not listed in the above image include

(for example) bankruptcy, antitrust and monopolies,

the census, the military draft, consumer labeling, 

child protection, monitoring elections, and setting wages and

overseeing union negotiations and collecting labor statistics.

The topics above are listed in order according to

how easily it would be to justify federal legislation
on the manner - according to the Constitution and

what has traditionally been allowed for most of the

country's history - from the easiest (bankruptcy). to

the most difficult (the activities of the Department of Labor).

Click on the following link to see the previous article on this topic:

www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2020/02/how-to-easily-and-permanently-memorize.html

Created and published on January 3rd, 2021

Edited on January 4th, 2021

Most Likely Path to Electoral College Victory for Howie Hawkins and the Green Party

     The map below shows what I believe is the Green Party's most likely path to victory in the Electoral College in 2020.

     This map assumes that Hawkins will win most of the states in which the Green Party currently has ballot access for the November 3rd, 2020 election. Of those states, the states which supported Jill Stein the least in 2016, are assumed to have too weak a level of support for the Green Party, to muster a Hawkins victory. The map also assumes that it will be easier for Hawkins to win write-in campaigns in Kansas and Wisconsin, than it will be to win the State of Texas.

     The map was created on http://www.270towin.com/.

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     Sources used to create the map above:

     Green Party ballot access, 2020:
     http://howiehawkins.us/ballotaccess/

     Support for Jill Stein in each state, 2016:
     http://www.google.com/search?q=2016+jill+stein+results&safe=off&sxsrf=ALeKk00dCSbtI8hvpS7CgOL_vATK7xDo_g:1600319190175&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC4O3Gte_rAhUFKa0KHdJOAAAQ_AUoAXoECBEQAw&biw=1396&bih=686#imgrc=g1Q0KNCKDQdr8M

Map Created, and Article Published,

on September 17th, 2020