Thread by @CaptainResists

🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨

Take immediate steps to protect US Constitution
(Thread)

As of Jan 25 there are 29 resolutions in 12 states calling for a
#ConventionOfStates (#COS) also known as a #ConstitutionalConvention (#ConCon)

Info required to contact legislatures 👇
#NoConCon

See link👇👇👇 for interactive chart tracking Active #COS Legsln

Committee contact names & #s are included for all Resolutions

Public hearing dates listed as available

⏰ALL ConCon resolutions MUST BE BLOCKED & Rescission calls DEMANDED

#ConConTracker
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

What is the threat?

For years there’s been a stealth mvmt guided & funded by #DarkMoney sliding under radar

GOAL 👉 to #RewriteConstitution in ways beneficial ONLY to #Koch-#Mercer-Extreme Christian Right-1% population

#NoConCon #UnKochAmerica #ALEC

prwatch.org/news/2017/03/1…

How?
By pushing thru state legsln for COS, for amendments via a process not used for 231 yrs

Why?
B/C there're no rules to lmt spec interest group $ for/or particp'n in a COS or to restrict agenda, even # of states needed to ratify can be changed

https://twitter.com/AliAdair22/status/987142077745123328

A #COS would mean that ALL Constitutions Rights & Freedoms would be on chopping block🔪

BECAUSE it's IMPOSSIBLE to guarantee Convention won't become a Runaway is EXACTLY why amendments have been made using safe method of requiring 2/3 votes in Congress

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/990799491908415489

Source for image above:
commoncause.org/resource/u-s-c…
H/T @AliAdair22 🙌

Extra IMPORTANT message 📢

It’s ESSENTIAL to understand 👉 ALLEGED PURPOSE of ANY & ALL RESOLUTIONS calling for a #COS is IRRELEVANT

Whether claim is for #BalancedBudgetAmendment #BBA
or to impose fiscal restraints or term lmts, or Overturn #CitizensUnited

NoConCon4AnyReason

But wait... I hear you shrieking! We WANT #CU overturned!

YES we do

BUT NOT AT A #CONCON/#COS ‼️

Because of reasons outlined above AND because it's unclear how numbers of calls for COS may be calculated

Have a look at totals in second image 👇👇👇

IT'S UNKNOWN IF CALLS FOR DIF AMENDMENTS CAN BE COMBINED

Eg #BBA calls have 28 of 34 state votes needed to call a COS – only 6 more state votes are required

The current #CU calls are from DEMS!

We MUST NOT HAND CONSTITUTION TO GOP on a silver platter!

baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/o…

I will close tonight by leaving you these profound words of warning & call to action from my good friend & #NoConCon warrior SnoozyQ:

#NoConCon #NoConConTracker #NoConCon4AnyReason

https://twitter.com/1SnoozyQ/status/1001442960272248832

H/T @KenThomasRoss for fantastic excel spreadsheet Summarizing Convention of States #COS calls 1975-2018 🙌🥰

Update: Additional 16 Resolutions to report 😶

ALSO: Time Sensitive Info for Nebraska & New Hampshire - Committee Hearings scheduled this week ⏰

#NoConCon #NoConCon4AnyReason #UnKochAmerica

https://twitter.com/CaptainResists/status/1089956977718059009