Thread by @raojenkins

@AriBerman meanwhile Convention of States is duping too many Americans into calling for a constitutional convention to rewrite the US Constitution to enshrine rich white minority rule forever.

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@AriBerman 2/ COLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE - 2019 FEBRUARY 28

coloradofiscal.org/2019/02/a-cons…

"Most leading campaign finance reform organizations oppose the use of an Article V convention to overturn Citizens United.

@AriBerman 3/ They warn the lack of rules to govern the process mean every Americans’ constitutional rights may be subject to change in an Article V convention. Notable campaign finance and democracy reform organizations that oppose the use of an Article V convention to deal with

@AriBerman 4/ campaign finance include: the Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, the Center for Popular Democracy, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Democracy for America,

@AriBerman 5/ Every Voice, the Fair Elections Legal Network, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, People For the American Way, and the Voting Rights Institute."

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coloradofiscal.org/2019/02/a-cons…

@AriBerman ESQUIRE - 2018 JANUARY 18

esquire.com/news-politics/…

COMMON CAUSE - 2018 MARCH 21

commoncause.org/resource/u-s-c…

PR WATCH - 2017 MARCH 23

prwatch.org/news/2017/03/1…

CBPP - 2017 JANUARY 18

cbpp.org/research/state…

So let's stop #ConventionOfStates to enshrine minority rule forever

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