Convention of States
August 17th, 2017
CoS (Convention of States) proponents believe this claim by CoS speakers…“Convention of States is not a constitutional convention.”CoS proponents could read the bills, and then ask these questions:
August 4th, 2017
My long-time Eagle Forum friend, Orlean Koehle, wrote this enlightening article about the Leftists and Leftist organizations that are pushing for a Convention of the States.
March 2nd, 2017
Gov. Abbott has some good legislative intentions, but his duty is to execute the laws of Texas, not create them. In his list of “emergency” legislative items he includes a “convention of states”, more...
February 20th, 2017
Fighting for the Constitution as given to us by our Founders is a noble goal and the anxiety of the conservative con-con collaborators is understandable. We at The New American and The John Birch Society welcome the...
February 3rd, 2017
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has suggested Gov. Greg Abbott should articulate a clear position on one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top priorities for the legislative session: Restrictions on bathroom access based on gender. “...
July 22nd, 2016
The Convention of States Project has made huge inroads into educating Americans about what the FOUNDERS themselves put into our Constitution as a remedy to an overreaching federal government, who they presciently...
May 12th, 2016
Although COS would have one believe that a constitutional convention is a “different creature entirely” from an Article V convention or “convention of the states,” as they call it, this is simply not true.
May 6th, 2016
Going from the office as one of the best Texas Attorneys General ever to Governor, Governor Abbott has brought at least two big legislative disappointments. The first shocking disappointment was his push for the Pre-K4...
April 27th, 2015
When our Founders placed Art. V in our Constitution, they could not have envisioned the harmful changes in the moral, social, technological, demographic, economic, and public and higher education that have taken place...
November 19th, 2011
Louie Gohmert (TX), Paul Ryan (WI) and two other Wise Republicans Voted NO!I have long been one of only a few Republican conservative activists openly opposing the politically popular call for a Balanced...
August 7th, 2017
It is called by many names: Constitutional Convention, Con-Con, Convention of States, Article V Convention.But just because we can have one, doesn’t mean we should have one. In fact, the opposite is true.
April 26th, 2017
A lot of you may be asking yourself "Why would anyone be against a Balanced Budget?"
February 22nd, 2017
Governor Abbott is pushing for a well-intended but dangerous call for an Article V Convention of the States known as the ‘Texas Plan.’The Governor admits there is nothing wrong with the constitution but lack of enforcement...
February 16th, 2017
The Texas Legislature has begun debating Gov. Greg Abbott’s calls for a “convention of states” that could amend the U.S. Constitution.
January 4th, 2017
The 85th Texas legislative session is just around the corner. It begins on January 10, 2017 and priorities have already been set. A Convention of States is high on the list. The Texas Lt. Governor sent out a press release in...
May 18th, 2016
Why do a number of my fellow conservatives – or those posing as conservatives – believe that an Article V Convention of the states call to amend the Constitution will solve the present Constitutional crisis?The U.S....
May 9th, 2016
Last week, a resolution in Delaware’s legislature to rescind all previous calls for an Article V convention passed the Senate by a wide margin (16-4) following passage in the House of Representatives by 25-11.
May 3rd, 2016
The topic of a “constitutional convention,” or more properly an amendments convention, convened by the states under Article V of the Constitution, is hotly disputed among people who want to limit government. Is it the only...
April 24th, 2015
The most common fearmongering tactic used by opponents is to claim an Article V convention could become a “runaway convention” and rewrite the Constitution. All one has to do is read and study Article V to understand this is...
April 16th, 2011
Welcome to the Nullify Now Conference Live Blog coming to you from Austin, Texas. In this blog we will be bringing you a summary of today's speakers including Debra Medina and Thomas Woods. As this will be a live blog,...