Coalition letter against Convention of States
The undersigned organizations and individuals stand in defense of our U.S. Constitution, and oppose all attempts to convene a new constitutional convention ("Con Con").
State resolutions are being pushed by secret billionaires force Congress to call an unprecedented convention under Article V of the Constitution "to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government." Such a convention would open the door for liberals to eliminate border security. It would weaken our national security against terrorism. Such a convention would seek to repeal the Second Amendment while inserting a new requirement for taxpayer-funded abortion.
No good, and tremendous harm, would result from a constitutional convention because it would allow numerous changes to our Constitution with the liberal media guiding the way.
Justice Antonin Scalia condemned the proposals for an Article V convention as a "horrible idea" months before he unexpectedly passed away. Phyllis Schlafly always spoke out strongly against all Article V convention ideas, explaining that they would be "playing Russian Roulette with the Constitution." Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote against the mere suggestion of holding a Con Con. Second Amendment groups like the Gun Owners of America fully oppose it. The Founders themselves were very much against holding another constitutional convention, and many of the greatest American statesmen throughout history spoke out passionately against the idea.
In July 2016 in Cleveland, the Republican Party national platform committee rejected, nearly unanimously, an attempt to include a resolution calling for an Article V constitutional convention to enact a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Liberals and the media want to repeal the Electoral College, which requires geographical diversity in support for presidential candidates, and without which no new Republican candidate would have won the presidency in the past 25 years. Liberals and the media want to repeal the Treaty Clause, which protects our Nation against harmful treaties with foreign powers by requiring a difficult-to-attain 2/3rds support in the Senate.
The Constitution has never been the problem, and our political leaders should be defending the Constitution rather than falsely pretending that it is the problem that needs to be somehow corrected. Politicians and courts that do not abide by the Constitution today will not abide by a rewritten one tomorrow.
Promoters of the misnamed "Convention of States," which is an Article V "Con Con," fail to attach fiscal notes to their resolutions as required in most states. Reducing federal power to secure our borders as invited by the Convention of States resolutions would impose billions of dollars in new costs to states to deal with the crime and other harms that result from rampant illegal immigration.
Conclusion
Our U.S. Constitution is the longest, most successful constitution in the history of mankind. It is not for sale, and it is not broken. It should not be "fixed" by secret billionaires having their own hidden agenda of globalism and open borders, views that they conceal with broad platitudes like "limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government." Far too much is stake to gamble away the future of our Constitution and our Nation on a runaway constitutional convention. Please oppose any and all proposals to convene an Article V Convention, including the Convention of States' resolutions, and demand that the billionaires pushing this "horrible idea" identify themselves and disclose their agenda.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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