Dear Editor,
James Madison once said, “Between the different constitutional governments, the one operating in all the states, the others operating separately in each, with aggregate powers of government divided between them, it could not escape attention, that controversies would arise concerning the boundaries of jurisdiction. A political system that does not provide for a peaceable and authoritative termination of these controversies, would not be more than the shadow of a government. The goal of a sustainable government is substituting uncertainty, confusion and violence, for law and order”.
In the beginning, the Constitution lacked the security for States rights and the rights of the people, against usurpations and abuses on the part of the United States; therefore, the delegates debated and voted unanimously to add Article V to the Constitution. This extra-constitutional course authorizes 34 states to submit an application, convene and propose amendments to the states and it takes 38 states to ratify each amendment before becoming a part of the Constitution.
Citizen for Self Governance Organization is promoting a Convention of State Project, an Article V application for “limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.” Join us at www.conventionofstates.com
Citizens and States Rights,
Brian Valliant
