Pitch made for Convention of the States (T bag...propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution) [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/sarpy/bellevue/pitch-made-for-convention-of-the-states/article_dd601c66-b0b5-5cc4-ac91-f057b7aa0a61.html

POSTED: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 1:00 AM
By Eugene Curtin / Leader Associate Editor

Laura Ebke can perhaps relate to those small bands of colonial Americans who first began muttering about royal oppression while downing mugs of ale and composing rousing pamphlets.

Ebke, the state senator from Crete, hosted a small gathering Nov. 3 at Bellevue University’s Military Veteran Service Center where she promoted a national effort to call a Convention of the States in order to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

About 10 people attended the presentation, where Ebke said the convention would discuss imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting its power and jurisdiction and imposing term limits for members of Congress.

While such a convention has never been called, the process for doing so is enshrined in Article 5 of the Constitution, which enables the states to bypass Congress and propose constitutional amendments of their own.

FULL story at link. So far, four states have signed on. They are Georgia, Florida, Alaska and Alabama.