Comments on: P&C: S.C. Senate aims to spur Congress to act on immigration http://senatormcconnell.com/pc-sc-senate-aims-to-spur-congress-to-act-on-immigration.htm Senator Glenn McConnell Tue, 12 May 2009 00:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Janice K. Harper http://senatormcconnell.com/pc-sc-senate-aims-to-spur-congress-to-act-on-immigration.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3 Janice K. Harper Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:22:41 +0000 http://senatormcconnell.com/pc-sc-senate-aims-to-spur-congress-to-act-on-immigration.htm#comment-3 State Senator Glenn McConnell should NOT be using his website to PROMOTE an Article V Constitutional Convention. Such a convention could not be limited to immigration or ANY one issue or amendment. It would be Congress - not state legislatures that would decide how delegates would be chosen. Legal scholars including former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger agree that we should never open up the Pandora's box of a Con Con. Please vote NO! in Sen. McConnell's online poll. As a patriotic American who is dedicated to preserving our Republic and our freedoms as given to us by our Founding Fathers, I am appalled at Senator McConnell's Concurrent Resolution S856 calling for a national constitutional convention under Article V. Sen. McConnell claims that he doesn't really want to see such a convention happen, he just wants to "pressure Congress" to act on immigration. The only problem with this is that once 34 states call for a Con Con, Congress is REQUIRED to call one - it would be too late to change our mind and rescind our SC call at that point. And, once convened, the Convention would be like a Fourth Branch of our government - making its own rules and passing whatever changes to the US Constitution that it so desires. You can't limit a Constitutional Convention to ONE ISSUE or to ONE AMENDMENT and you can't STOP it once convened. There would be NO TURNING BACK! Why would we call for it ANYWAY if we plan to rescind the call if it comes to pass??? If we tell THAT to Congress, what pressure is there for them to act at all?!? And here's the kicker to McConnell's "pressure" argument... It would be the CONGRESS that would decide how delegates to a Convention would be chosen. They could appoint their own cronies, who would simply rubber stamp what Congress is doing right now that we may not like - on immigration or any other issue. They could even end up with MORE power over the states. We would also risk a convention takeover by special interest groups such as abortion activists (on both sides), advocates of a 'Living Constitution' philosophy who would give additional legislative powers to the Judiciary branch (that's all we need is MORE activist judges), people like Larry Sabato would try to make fundamental changes to the foundation of our nation... the list goes on of folks who could take advantage of the Pandora's Box that IS a Constitutional Convention! There is a wonderful educational documentary available online which outlines these and other dangers of an Article V Constitutional Convention. I have posted this video on my personal website http://my.opera.com/jkhgadfly or http://think.mtv.com/profile/jkhgadfly and I hope all House members will take the time to view it TODAY. We can't let this Con Con call get any farther! Please STOP S856 IMMEDIATELY and SAVE OUR US CONSTITUTION !!! Thank you. Janice Harper State Senator Glenn McConnell should NOT be using his website to PROMOTE an Article V Constitutional Convention. Such a convention could not be limited to immigration or ANY one issue or amendment. It would be Congress – not state legislatures that would decide how delegates would be chosen. Legal scholars including former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger agree that we should never open up the Pandora’s box of a Con Con. Please vote NO! in Sen. McConnell’s online poll.

As a patriotic American who is dedicated to preserving our Republic and our freedoms as given to us by our Founding Fathers, I am appalled at Senator McConnell’s Concurrent Resolution S856 calling for a national constitutional convention under Article V. Sen. McConnell claims that he doesn’t really want to see such a convention happen, he just wants to “pressure Congress” to act on immigration. The only problem with this is that once 34 states call for a Con Con, Congress is REQUIRED to call one – it would be too late to change our mind and rescind our SC call at that point. And, once convened, the Convention would be like a Fourth Branch of our government – making its own rules and passing whatever changes to the US Constitution that it so desires. You can’t limit a Constitutional Convention to ONE ISSUE or to ONE AMENDMENT and you can’t STOP it once convened. There would be NO TURNING BACK! Why would we call for it ANYWAY if we plan to rescind the call if it comes to pass??? If we tell THAT to Congress, what pressure is there for them to act at all?!?

And here’s the kicker to McConnell’s “pressure” argument… It would be the CONGRESS that would decide how delegates to a Convention would be chosen. They could appoint their own cronies, who would simply rubber stamp what Congress is doing right now that we may not like – on immigration or any other issue. They could even end up with MORE power over the states.

We would also risk a convention takeover by special interest groups such as abortion activists (on both sides), advocates of a ‘Living Constitution’ philosophy who would give additional legislative powers to the Judiciary branch (that’s all we need is MORE activist judges), people like Larry Sabato would try to make fundamental changes to the foundation of our nation… the list goes on of folks who could take advantage of the Pandora’s Box that IS a Constitutional Convention!

There is a wonderful educational documentary available online which outlines these and other dangers of an Article V Constitutional Convention. I have posted this video on my personal website http://my.opera.com/jkhgadfly or http://think.mtv.com/profile/jkhgadfly and I hope all House members will take the time to view it TODAY. We can’t let this Con Con call get any farther! Please STOP S856 IMMEDIATELY and SAVE OUR US CONSTITUTION !!!

Thank you.

Janice Harper

]]> By: Ken Shields http://senatormcconnell.com/pc-sc-senate-aims-to-spur-congress-to-act-on-immigration.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2 Ken Shields Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:53:19 +0000 http://senatormcconnell.com/pc-sc-senate-aims-to-spur-congress-to-act-on-immigration.htm#comment-2 A Constitutional convention is way too dangerous. There are people who will seize control, if they can, and do away with the Bill of Rights, especially the second amendment. A convention can not be limited in scope. Everything is fair game. We have other ways to hold the federal government accountable. A Con Con is a Con Job! Don't do it! A Constitutional convention is way too dangerous. There are people who will seize control, if they can, and do away with the Bill of Rights, especially the second amendment. A convention can not be limited in scope. Everything is fair game. We have other ways to hold the federal government accountable. A Con Con is a Con Job! Don’t do it!

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