Stop HCR-10 in New Hampshire
Why the Article V Convention is a Bad Deal
You have been told by NH Rep Timothy Smith and Professor Larry Lessig that an Article V can be limited, that Congress has no say in the process, and that states would never pass “unreasonable” amendments. Well, the resolutions Professor Lessig and Wolf PAC had introduced in Massachusetts is in direct contradiction to that.
Also, below is a link to a 1979 U.S. Senate report on the Article V. This was just made available online today. It cites numerous legal scholars including a colleague of Professor Lessig’s, Lawrence Tribe, that believe just the opposite, By the way the Justice Department document being sent to you by Mr. Smith was a report written by a former legal aid of Utah Senator, Orin Hatch, and a Mr. Steven Markman. It was not an official report of the department.
It is possible that if an Article V is called, you will have no opportunity to vote on any amendments since Congress under Article V, Congress can change the mode of ratification to ratifying “conventions” or committees, a fact Wolf PAC supporters overlook.
In 2010, New Hampshire House and Senate under a Democrat majority voted to rescind all of its old calls. The facts haven’t changed. Ask your Reps to vote against HCR 10 and then work to repeal the 2012 call.
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