NetNewsRadioPodcasts,sm – “THE PATRIOT CAUSE” – ‘Part I’ – The Convention of States Simulated Constitutional Convention Opening Remarks (also includes NetNewsRadioPodcast,sm Part 2 – Reading Of articles & Ammendments)
Part 1
The Founding Fathers were wise, yet imperfect men who framed a great nation with a great Constitution – but it was not a perfect Constitution. They themselves recognized that there would come a day when time or circumstances would require amendments, some of which could only be achieved through the state-led convention process. Having lain dormant since America’s founding, it is time for us to breathe life into this important constitutional safety valve by demonstrating the interstate convention process known so well to the Founders.
https://www.cossimulation2023.org/
Part 2
Three proposal section titles of the COS Simulated Convention
- 1.) Federal Term Limits & Judicial Jurisdiction
- 2.) Fiscal Restraints
- 3.) Federal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction
Federalism (see Federalist Papers)refers to a system of government that divides power between member units and a common governing authority; the term can also be used to refer to the theory of or advocacy for this form of government. In the United States, the federal government is the common governing body to which the individual state governments belong.
Compact Theory
https://ballotpedia.org/Compact_theory_(federalism)
Compact theory in the context of American federalism can be traced back to the Mayflower Compact of 1620, which was a contract between the King of England and the Mayflower pilgrims. The compact granted authority to the pilgrims to set up a self-governing colony in America and established the rules for governance. All 13 American colonies were created under similar grants of authority from the King to colonial governments.
The Articles of Confederation were established through a similar delegation of power from state legislatures (which ratified the Articles) to the Continental Congress. Proponents of compact theory argue that the Constitution was established on the same compact (government-to-government) basis.
Proponents of the social contract theory of American federalism argue power was delegated to the national government directly from the people (not from state governments through a compact).