"Article 5 Convention of The States" The One Clause in the Constitution That Terrifies Washington (And Why We Should Use It)

Want a Government That Works? Strip the Addicts of Their Power.

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You want to fix Washington? Here’s your golden goose. TERM LIMITS.

Not the pretend kind. Not the "maybe one day" kind. I mean real, iron-clad, no-loophole, pack-your-bags limits.

If I were running the show? Simple:

• Congress: One 4-year term. Then get out. Forever.

• Senate: One 6-year term. Then get out. Forever.

• President: One 6-year term. No do-overs. No comebacks. Just six years and buh-bye.

You serve your time, you go the hell home. No lobbying. No book tours. No backroom deals. You go back to being a regular American. Like the rest of us poor Schmucks footing the bill.

And here’s a bonus idea: make them dress like NASCAR drivers. Full uniforms, patches and all. Let’s see every sponsor, every donor, every PAC sugar daddy stitched right on their chest. If you got your campaign funded by Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big China? Wear it. Own it.

Oh, and while we’re at it, NO DONATIONS once you’re in office. None. Zip. Nada. You work for us now. Not for Pfizer. Not for Lockheed. Not for the teachers’ unions or some creepy NGO with a rainbow logo. We pay your salary. You answer to us.

And yeah, I’d even throw in a raise. Why? Because I’d rather pay these people enough to live like humans than watch them prostitute themselves to stay in power. Because that’s what this is. Political prostitution with a pension.

Now you’re probably asking, why hasn’t this happened already?

Because power is a drug. And Congress is the crack house.

These people will never vote to take away their own power. Never. They wrote the rules so the President gets two terms max, but left themselves out of it. Oh yeah. Go read the fine print on that bill. Last paragraph: "Does not apply to House or Senate." Of course it doesn't.

You think they're going to change that after 80 years? I got a time-share on the moon to sell you.

And the second reason? Human nature. Ever heard the phrase "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"? That wasn’t a punchline. That was a warning label.

So how do we fix it?

Here’s the grenade: Article 5 of the Constitution. It’s there. It exists. It’s never been used. But our forefathers saw this circus coming. They wrote in a clause that gives the STATES the power to override the federal circus.

Here’s what it says:

"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."

In English, not lawyer speak? It means when enough Americans wake the hell up and decide they’re done being ruled by the power-drunk political class, we’ve got a constitutional escape hatch. We don’t have to beg the same people who built this mess to clean it up. The STATES can take over.

And it’s not theory. It’s happening.

Right now, there are several constitutional amendments being seriously promoted to trigger this Article 5 Convention of States. You need 34 states to say "Let’s do this."

Guess what? 19 states have already signed on. That’s not talk. That’s traction.

And almost 3 million people have signed the petition. Please add yourself and urge everyone you know to do so as well!

We need to crank that number up. Twenty-five million. Thirty million. Enough signatures to make Washington wet their pants.

Before we hit the finale, here are the primary goals of the Convention of States movement:

• Imposing Fiscal Restraints on the Federal Government: This includes measures to control spending, address the national debt, and promote fiscal responsibility.

• Limiting the Power and Jurisdiction of the Federal Government: This encompasses efforts to reduce the scope of federal authority and restore a greater balance of power between the states and the federal government.

• Limiting the Terms of Office for Federal Officials: This involves proposing term limits for members of Congress, as well as federal judges, potentially including Supreme Court justices.

• Clarifying the Original Meaning of Constitutional Phrases: The Convention of States project believes that a convention can clarify the original intent of phrases like the General Welfare and Commerce Clauses to limit federal overreach.

• Restricting the Use of Executive Orders and Federal Regulations: The goal here is to ensure that Congress remains the primary lawmaking body and reduce the reliance on executive orders and agency regulations to bypass the legislative process.

By calling a Convention of the States, we can stop the federal spending and debt spree, the power grabs of the federal courts, and other misuses of federal power.

Because at the end of the day, this is the line in the sand. We either fix it ourselves or sit around while the rot eats the whole foundation.

This is the plan. Not a revolution. A reformation.

Tell your friends. Sign the petition. Start the fire.

The country won’t save itself.

PLEASE!