UNFOUNDED FEARS

There is no force of law behind anything written at a Convention of States unless it is ratified by three-quarters of the States’ legislatures.

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There are unfounded fears some have expressed regarding an Article Five Convention of States, namely, that it will get, “out of control,” be a, “runaway convention,” and result in a rewriting of the Constitution.

 

There is no basis in reality for this fear whatsoever.

 

Article Five prescribes that three-quarters of the States are needed to pass a proposed amendment for it to be ratified and become part of the Constitution. Are three-quarters of the States going to vote to remove freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, the right of women to vote?

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No.

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The Constitution says that a Convention of States is for one purpose and one purpose only: to propose amendments to the Constitution that the States then get to vote on.

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That is a high bar to pass, yet one that may be reached for certain issues that all Americans agree on.

 

The purpose of a Convention of States is to accomplish things for America that Congress is unwilling or unable to do. Not to rewrite the Constitution from scratch.