Best arguments 2017

Here are several of the best arguments against a Convention of States, to defeat the enemies of the Constitution who seek a constitutional convention to change it:

• require a fiscal note, which is billions of dollars in lost entitlements to states
• Justice Scalia called this proposal for an Article V convention a "horrible idea" at a public event less than a year before he passed away.
• Phyllis Schlafly completely opposed a Con Con and Convention of States, and all variations on the concept.

• a vote for a Convention of States would be a vote against the conservative Republican national platform, which emphatically rejected this.
• a vote for a Convention of States would enable liberals to repeal the Electoral College.
• a vote for a Convention of States would open the door to repealing the Second Amendment.
• a vote for a Convention of States would facilitate a new constitutional right to taxpayer-funded abortion.
• only Congress calls an Article V convention, and states should not be giving Congress more power.
• even supporters of a Convention of States have admitted that a a runaway convention could result.
• supporters of a Convention of States hide the secret agenda of their donors.