Term Limits
One of VOID's supporters, Nelson Walker, has a video on YouTube, you may want to check out if term limits appeals to you. VOID takes no position one way or another on term limits, but, many of VOID's supporters sincerely believe term
limits are the best way to prevent politicians from becoming corrupted by their positions of power. If you are a supporter of Term Limits, check out Walker's YouTube video, and receive a free bumper sticker advocating term limits.
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Thanks, David, for the youtube boost. I really appreciate it!
BTW, are you in touch with
FOAVC.org ? I assume you are, since Dan Summars is involved
Posted by: Nelson Walker | May 6, 2007 1:54 PM
Nelson, while I admire the merits of FOAVC, I also fear the unintended consequences of such a Convention held in today's political environment.
I would feel far more comfortable if we didn't have lying and ideological political parties in control. Remember, our first constitutional convention was conducted without the invention of political parties and by scholarly folks who owed no allegiance to any political party or ideology.
Posted by: David R. Remer | May 12, 2007 12:26 PM
Maybe. However, I think that fear of an Article V Convention is unfounded, and perhaps even helps to justify the congressional veto of direct constitutional text which denies the people their right to amend the Constitution. Should we fear our own right to make Amendments. All 50 states' legislatures have made 567 requests for an Article V Convention. The opponents of an Article V Convention say that such a gathering could become a "runaway" convention; a re-writing or over-turning parts or all of the Constitution.
That ignores one important fact. The Framers also provided a safety mechanism to prevent such a fiasco: ALL amendments proposed by the Article V Convention must be ratified by three-fourths of the states before they become effective.
Posted by: Daniel Summars | June 9, 2007 8:00 AM