Video: “Convention of States” Can Amend U.S. Constitution without Federal Approval

Here is a brief (5-minute) video from Huckabee that neatly summarizes how the Constitution’s Article 5 can be used by the state legislatures to rein in a runaway Congress, President, and Supreme Court.

Huckabee’s guest, Michael Farris, is a leader in the Convention of States movement that aims to help state legislatures do exactly that — rein in the federal government. They would do it by the book, per the Article 5 “escape clause” that the Founders and Framers put in the Constitution for a situation like the one we face today.

Convention of States is wisely tapping the sudden interest in Article 5 prompted by Mark Levin’s The Liberty Amendments. Just published August 13, the book shot instantly to #1 on both Amazon and The New York Times best-sellers lists. I’ve read it cover-to-cover, and I recommend it highly(!).

Convention of States is seeking volunteers in 3000 state legislative districts around the country to push their state representative to call for an Article 5 application. See ConventionOfStates.com for details, and consider signing up!

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The video above is short, sharp, and on-target. From Citizens for Self-Governance, we include below three additional short (5-minute) video excerpts* of Michael Farris, Robert Natelson, and Mark Meckler addressing state legislators on the Convention of States initiative.

As you study this topic further, be ready for this uplifting revelation:

The states of the United States are not subservient to the federal government in Washington. In fact, it is just the other way around. That’s how the Founders & Framers intended it, designed it, and how it could still be today. To make it so, We the People have to stand up and use Article 5 as the Founders and Framers intended that it be used.

By the way, this could well be the next great mission for the Tea Party Movement. That is, work at the state level, as well as at the federal level, to change Washington back to what it’s supposed to be — a servant, not a master, of We the People.

* For those who would like to see the full 77-minute Convention of States session with state legislators, click on this link.