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Members of the Maine Legislature are trying to change the legislative joint rules to require only a simple majority (rather than a two-thirds majority) to approve resolutions applying for an Article V constitutional convention \u2014 removing a safeguard for the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SP 9<\/a> has been introduced in the Legislature. If passed, it would amend the legislative joint rules to require only a simple majority to pass Con-Con resolutions, rather than a two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s obvious why Con-Con supporters want to change the current joint rules \u2014 with them, it\u2019s practically impossible to pass Con-Con resolutions. In fact, the last time Maine passed any Con-Con resolution was in 1951.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any convention could lead to a runaway convention<\/a> that would reverse many of the Constitution\u2019s limitations on government power and interference. In other words, a Con-Con <\/strong>could accomplish the same goals<\/strong><\/a> that many of its advocates claim to be fighting against. <\/strong>As evidence, a 2016 Convention of States (COS) controlled simulation<\/a> resulted in amendments massively increasing the federal government and expanding its spending powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia understood<\/a> the danger of a constitutional convention. While he voiced support for one at a 1979 event<\/a>, the justice had reversed his opinion by 2014 due to the uncertainty of what could come out of it. In 2015, Scalia reiterated his opposition to an Article V convention, stating \u201cthis is not a good century to write a constitution<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 9, 2021, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-Ky.), warning against a Con-Con, tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Show me a single state where Constitutionalists comprise a majority of the state legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point in history, an Article V Convention of the States would be a disaster.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

An Article V constitutional convention is unnecessary to protect individual liberty and limit the size and scope of government. If anything, a constitutional convention would more than likely undermine those protections and increase the size and scope of the federal government<\/em><\/strong> rather than impose any meaningful limitations on its jurisdiction, as the resolution purportedly seeks to accomplish. The massive expansion of government and growing infringements on our liberties are not because of \u201cproblems\u201d or \u201cflaws\u201d with the Constitution, but rather due to misinterpretation, wrongful application, or lack of enforcement altogether. If applied faithfully and accurately, in accordance with its original meaning, at least 80 percent of the federal government\u2019s programs would likely be found unconstitutional. This fact negates any reason for convening an Article V convention today. The correct solution is constitutional enforcement, not a constitutional convention.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than passing Article V convention applications, which risk a runaway convention threatening our God-given rights and individual liberty, the Legislature should consider <\/em><\/strong>Article VI<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and nullify unconstitutional laws.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, state lawmakers should also consider rescinding any and all previously passed Article V convention applications to Congress, regardless of the desired amendment(s).<\/em><\/strong> Passing rescission resolutions will help prevent aggregating past Article V convention applications with those from other states to force Congress to call a convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, urge your state representative and senator to oppose SP 9 and to retain the two-thirds majority requirement for passing Con-Con resolution.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37614,"featured_media":137141,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[13277],"alerts":[13339],"yoast_head":"\nStop Pro-Con-Con Maine Joint Rules Revision SP 9 : The John Birch Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jbs.org\/alert\/stop-pro-con-con-maine-joint-rules-revision-sp-9\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stop Pro-Con-Con Maine Joint Rules Revision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urge your state representative and senator to oppose SP 9 and to retain the two-thirds majority requirement for passing Con-Con 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