With congress ready to grab more control over things like medical insurance, or as some call it citizen insurance, how can we possibly hope to decentralize all the bureaucracy without costing twice as much? I am totally for red… Continue

A blogger associated with the John Birch Society has criticized the "riskiness" of the Bill of Federalism, which calls on state legislatures to petition Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention to consider ratification of 10 amendments to restore the original intent of the Constitution.

Here's the preferred strategy this blogger recommends:


Our strategy for lowering taxes and reducing the size and cost of government is to create enough grassroots pressure to force Congress to adhere to… Continue

See http://www.constitution.org/reform/us/con_amend.htm for the latest and more complete version.

This is a collection of draft amendments to the Constitution for the United States. It is subject to frequent additions and revisions, so readers may want to revisit often.

It is not proposed that state legislatures petition Congress to call a constitutional convention, but rather that they propose identical amendments to Congress t… Continue

Michael,

There is an organization called Friend Of Article V Convention (FOAVC.org) which claims that already all 50 states have submitted calls for an Article V convention which have simply been ignored by Congress. If this is true, and their documentation suggests that it is, what do we do now? How do we mandate Congress to do do their job?

Thomas

http://www.federalismamendment.com/

The Bill of Federalism

Resolution for Congress to Convene a Convention to Propose Amendments Constituting a Bill of Federalism

Whereas Article I of the Constitution of the United States begins "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States"; and

Whereas the Congress of the United States has exceeded the legislative powers granted in the Constit… Continue