In the 225 years since the Constitution of the United States of America became the guiding law of the land, it has been amended 27 times (including the first 10 amendments that make up the Bill of Rights).
Now
there is a proposal to bring states together in a way to speed the arduous
process of amending the Constitution to force Congress to balance the federal
budget. The proposal calls for “compacts,” or agreements, among the states to
use their power under the Constitution to demand a Constitutional convention.
It’s
never been done even though the power has always been there, and with the
federal government nearing $18 trillion of national debt – and facing hundreds
of trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities such as for Medicare that are
not counted in the national debt – the timing could be right, says Nick
Dranias, an attorney and Director of Policy Development and Constitutional
Government at the Goldwater Institute in Arizona. Dranias is the originator of
the idea, which has been refined by other lawyers, a judge and public policy
experts. ‘Two Overarching Acts’… To Read More…..
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