The concept of a Constitutional Convention is foreign to many people. Understandable, since we've only had one in the entire history of the United States and it produced The Constitution. So I thought I'd write this thread to try make it understandable to everyone.
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This is Article I, Section 9, 1st and 4th clauses which don't seem relevant today. #NoConCon
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Delegates are not allowed to accept funds and contributions from corporations, foreign nationals, labor organizations or federal government contractors. But so-called nonprofit organizations? #NoConCon
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an American constitutional lawyer and conservative political activist, who died in 2016...posted by @teresathomlinson
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They also want to repeal all campaign finance laws.
One example:
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Count: 5. This organization has overt Tea Party connections with William "Bill" Norton, who was the former National Support Team Constitutional Coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots.
compactforamerica.org
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Count: 0
This may or may not be their website:
restoringfreedominamerica.org
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freedomworks.org/fieldtags/bala…
selfgovern.com
alec.org
National Taxpayers Union
ntu.org
Alliance Defending Freedom
adflegal.org
Liberty Counsel
lc.org
Campaign Constitution
campaignconstitution.com
Heritage Action for America
heritageaction.com
heritage.org/the-constituti…
campaignconstitution.com
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(associated with Ohio Governor John Kasich and funded a trip he took to promote #ConCon)
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Author, David Barton
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In short, numerous Libertarian Party, Tea Party and #KochBrothers connections to most of these organizations.
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citizensforethics.org
Environmental Advocates of New York
eany.org
NAACP
naacp.org
AFL-CIO
aflcio.org
Greenpeace
greenpeace.org/usa/
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client.prod.iaff.org
League of Women Voters of the U.S.
lwv.org
National Education Association
nea.org
Sierra Club
sierraclub.org
Voting Rights Institute
votingrightsinstitute.org
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democracy21.org
Emily's List
emilyslist.org
Eagle Forum
eagleforum.org
Common Cause
commoncause.org
Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomlinson
columbusga.gov/Mayor/
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