I intended to write about the Article V campaign to create a constitutional convention originating from the states. The convention would be designed to make the types of changes that seem desperately needed at this time. Changes Congress can’t make. The type of changes that have to do with setting a limit on federal expenditures, prohibiting Congress from self dealing and from allocating federal funds to campaign favorites .
The most recent man associated with this campaign is the radio host Mark Levin . I was hoping to reference a URL listing the nine states that have passed or are currently passing Article V requests for a constitutional amendment convention .
The problem is that the exact definition of what a state must do seems to be in limbo . This means it is not feasible to accurately tell the number of states that have passed an Article V request. Such an Article V request may need to be specific or it may need to be general.
At this point nine states have passed or are passing a written request for a Constitutional Convention. Three have already been submitted to Congress. It is not clear what the cutoff date would be for requests nor is it clear how specific the constitutional requests must be to fall in the same request category. As the issue becomes clarified I will keep my readers up to date.
I do believe it is going to be necessary for a Constitutional Convention to rein in the excessive powers of the federal government especially Congress.