10/11/2024
This is great news! We need to keep defending the Constitution.
Victory for the Constitution in Arizona! 🎉
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1017 (SCR 1017) would have applied to Congress for a convention to propose ‘'an inflation-fighting federal fiscal responsibility amendment''. Additionally, it called upon the Archivist of the United States to formally announce that the minimum threshold of 34 states has been met to call a convention, and it urged Congress and the Arizona attorney general to take action to ensure such a DISASTROUS and DECEPTIVE action.
Meanwhile, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1018 (SCR 1018) and Senate Resolution 1002 (SR 1002) was designed to give false assurance that a convention won’t get out of control, doing this by ostensibly regulating the appointment and conduct of delegates (referred in the bill as “commissioners”). Such a bill would be COMPLETELY USELESS at preventing a runaway convention — for example, these resolutions don’t regulate delegates from other states, and don’t prevent delegates from proposing an entirely new constitution (in the 1787 Convention, states also attempted to limit delegates’ authority).
The truth is that any constitutional convention (Con-Con) could accomplish the same goals that many of its advocates claim to be fighting against. As evidence, 2016 and 2023 Convention of States (COS) controlled simulations resulted in amendments MASSIVELY INCREASING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and expanding its spending powers!
Thankfully, none of these resolutions were voted on or were enacted. Since the 2024 session has adjourned, they are dead for the year.
Please thank the legislators who opposed these resolutions, and urge them to remain steadfast in their opposition to a federal constitutional convention.
Nonetheless, our vigilance and fight for freedom continues; these resolutions could be reintroduced and considered next year. 🇺🇸