Showing posts with label Constitutional Convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constitutional Convention. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Radio Live: 4/26/17 | Judicial Activism Against Trump, Argument Against Con Con

Hosts Ed Martin and Cherilyn Eagar are joined by John and Andy Schlafly today as we talk about their latest column "100 Reasons to Celebrate Trump's First 100 Days," the latest in judicial activism against Trump, and the latest news on efforts for a new Constitutional Convention.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Radio Live: 4/12/17 Alex Newman On Syria, Andy Schlafly on Column, ConCon

Hosts Ed Martin and Cherilyn Eagar talk with author and writer Alex Newman about our foreign policy in Syria and what comes next. Andy Schlafly weighs in on the Fourth Circuit "lawyering up" against Trump and an update on a Constitutional Convention.

Convention of States Misleads Conservatives

The campaign for a new constitutional convention masquerades under the misleading slogan Convention of States. This falsely implies that states can exert some measure of control over the agenda, rules, or apportionment of a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. In fact, all such powers are reserved to Congress or to the convention itself.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

States Are Rejecting a ‘Horrible Idea’

Most state legislatures are now in regular session, and there’s no shortage of important work to be done at the state level. Yet many state legislatures are wasting precious time on a scheme to change the U.S. Constitution by calling for a national convention.

Monday, April 3, 2017

4/3/17 | Article V ConCon, World Affairs Brief, Can the Swamp Be Drained?

Hosts Ed Martin and Cherilyn Eagar touch on policy from the state level to geo-politics. Andy Schlafly brings an action alert on killing a Constitutional Convention, Joel Skousen talks about the subway blast in Russia and a World Affairs Brief, and what now after RyanCare fails?

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Lesson of the Articles of Confederation

What was the government in the United States before the U.S. Constitution? It was the Articles of Confederation, ratified by the States on this day – March 1 – in 1781. Signed by such statesmen as John Hancock and Samuel Adams, it was an attempt to loosely knit the thirteen States together. The Articles of Confederation declared: “The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare.”

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Research Director Testifies In Missouri Con Con Hearings

Dear Fellow Eagles,

I had the wonderful opportunity to spend today at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City to testify for informational purposes on a proposed Article V Constitutional Convention. Since both the House and Senate would need to pass a resolution for a Con Con, hearings were held in both the Senate Committee on Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics and the House Special Committee on Government Oversight.