Why a Constitutional Convention to Nullify Healthcare is a BAD Idea

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer (who is also running for Governor) is now calling for a Constitutional Convention (“ConCon”) for the purpose of nullifying Obamacare. However, this move demonstrates his ignorance of the US Constitution and you would do well to become educated on the issue, because what he is proposing is quite dangerous.

First, what IS a ConCon? Article V of the US Constitution states:

The Congress…on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, 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 one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress…

Here’s what you need to know about a ConCon:

1. Only 34 States are required to call a ConCon. We are already very, very close to that number.
2. The delegates to a ConCon have the supreme authority to propose any amendment to the Constitution on any matter they choose.
3. States cannot issue a conditional call for a convention. The States have NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to constrain the topics and outcome of a ConCon.
4. The U.S. Congress, not the states, would have the SOLE AUTHORITY to choose these delegates to a ConCon.
5. There is historical precedent for the Federal Government bypassing the State Legislature to ratify amendments by calling a ratification convention within the states.
6. There is evidence that the 16th Amendment was not legally ratified, yet it was declared ratified by the Secretary of State and is today a part of the Constitution. This could happen again.
7. There is a radically rewritten new Constitution that would obliterate our Constitutional rights, just waiting in the wings. This was drafted sometime since 1950.