By-passing Congress – States Call Article V Convention

Dan Marks, leader of the Article V Convention process, joins the program to discuss the the Article V movement. He explains how the constitution explicitly gives states the right to call a convention to vote on new legislation, thus bypassing congress. The history of our country shows a long history of our federal government ignoring states rights. This movement aims to end the long practice of ignoring states rights. Dan Marks also stays for an additional segment for my Patreons. You can see this at http://Patreon.com/SarahWestall You can see more of Dan Mark's and his initiative at http://www.foavc.org/ Stay informed on the latest shows by signing up for my weekly newsletter @ http://SarahWestall.com      Valuable Information as Discussed on the show    Sign up for FREE health Summit "The Truth About Cancer" https://cutt.ly/TheTruthAboutCancer         Get your FREE Cannabis ebook at: http://www.gftracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=24&pub=310454           Learn how a simple gadget can double your gas mileage and save you thousand of dollars on gasoline at http://gadgetmangroove.com/?atid=78 or Call Ron Hatton for answers to your questions at 406-422-3291 (the website continues to have problems) - Use code "Sarah" and receive $50 OFF!         See more of Lynn & Paul's work and use this link and code "Sarah" to receive an additional 15% discount on any purchase) https://plasmaenergysolution.com/?wpam_id=98                 Dan Mark's Background on the FOAVC Website FOAVC believes the activities of the organization Article V.Org led by Dan Marks warrant a full page. At the time of the events described below Mr. Marks was living in the state of Hawaii. He has since moved to the continental United States. Ironically, the state of Hawaii is the only state which has never submitted an application to Congress for a convention call. Despite this Mr. Marks and his organization ArticleV.Org can probably be credited with causing the official count of state applications for an Article V Convention call currently occurring in Congress.  In April, 2013 Mr. Marks sent a letter to the Clerk of the House of Representatives Karen Haas inquiring as to the official congressional count state applications submitted to Congress by the states for an Article V Convention call. The letter included the text of 42 state applications published in the Congressional Record. Mr. Marks had earlier contacted the House Parliamentarian Tom Wickman who suggested Mr. Marks direct his inquiry to Ms. Haas.  Mr. Marks stated in a later interview the reason he made the inquiry was various groups throughout the years had cited a variety of  numbers as to the number of applying states submitting applications to Congress. However there appeared to be no reference to any official count of applications recorded by Congress. Assuming this was an oversight on the part of these groups Mr. Marks made in his inquiry hoping to establish once and for all what was the official count of applying states by Congress. Instead that inquiry revealed the primary reason a convention call has never occurred. House of Representatives Counsel Kirk Boyle was forced to admit Congress had never bothered to establish a methodology to count the applications so that a convention call could occur. Thus, despite the Constitution mandating Congress call a convention "on the application" of the several state legislatures and despite the fact the states had submitted over 500 applications enough to cause several calls by Congress,  Congress had never bothered to compile a single state application for the purpose of actually obeying the Constitution. In short, Congress had deliberately ignored the Constitution for over 200 years.  To rectify this constitutional embarrassment in June 2013, Boyle requested Mr. Marks' permission to submit his 50 page letter of inquiry to the House Judiciary Committee f... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.