Trump Endorsement for a Convention of the States

The greatest vulnerabilities of the US Constitution is financial and election integrity.

Financial Integrity:

-The legislative branch either refuses to legislate or only to enrich current incumbents who hold office.

-The imbalance of power caused by the above has made it where the Judicial Branch has been burdened with an increase of political activism from the bench up to and including US Supreme Court, preventing constitutional focused and based rulings in the thorough exercise of necessary judicial impartiality .

-The Executive Branch has had to due to the above, compensate by issuing increasing amounts of executive orders and exercise of executive power that extends beyond the current imposed limitations as mandated in the check and balances system in the US Constitution.

-The US Federal Government has failed to be financially solvent and has only managed to maintain a deficit budget to the detriment of tax payers.

-The US Federal Government has failed to conduct secure elections in violation of the rights of US Citizens.


Proposed Amendments:

-Term limits for Congress

No person shall be elected a Representative more than six terms (12 years) or shall be elected a Senator more than two terms (12 years). All current members of Congress that have served longer than the limits provided prior to the Year (Year of Ratification) shall finish their current term and retire their congressional seat.

-Congress Must Pass a minimum balanced budget

The Congress shall have power to to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States, but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, equal or less than to the power to collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.

-Congress Must Pass Annual Balanced Budget or Face State Recall Election

The Congress shall pass bills to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States annually or shall face immediate recall election from Office on Impeachment for deriliction of duty by conduct of violation of Oath of Office.

-Debt ceiling increases only valid by a convention of the states

The Congress shall not have power to borrow Money on the credit of the United States unless only granted on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments which 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 only Mode of Ratification; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year (Year of Ratification) 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.

-Presidential Line Item Veto

The President may reduce or eliminate one or more items of appropriation while approving other portions of a bill. The President shall append to the bill a statement of the items reduced or eliminated with the reasons for the action. The President shall transmit to the house originating the bill a copy of the statement and reasons. Items reduced or eliminated shall be separately reconsidered and may be passed over the president’s veto in the same manner as bills.

-Constitutional Mandated Gold Standard Currency Valuation Protection

The Congress shall only have power to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures equal to the value of the US gold(Au) supply.

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An article V Convention of States is a constitutional provision whos time has come. Support the inititiative with your state legislature.

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The very thought terrifies me. If we could be sure it would strengthen our Republic and repair some of the loophole issues we have, it would be grand. However, with half of the country flirting with communism, are we sure we would not come out of it as the Peoples Republic of Amerika?