To view this on the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/mark-levin-endorsement|mark-levin-endorsement]]

To download the pdf file from the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/mark-levin-endorsement/download|Mark_Levin_Endorsement.pdf]]


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====== Mark Levin Endorsement ======


Mark Levin is a long-time supporter of the Convention of States Project and a pioneer of the Article V movement. This two-page document outlines his full support and is a great hand-out for any Levin fans that you know.

Attachment: 1919/Mark_Levin_Endorsement.pdf
| \\ \\ \\ \\ {{:public:cb_mirror:files_4058_pdfto001.png?nolink&972x1242|}}\\ \\ I have whole-heartedly endorsed the \\ Convention of States Project,” says \\ constitutional scholar Mark Levin.\\ \\ I serve on its Legal Board of Reference \\ because they propose a solution as big \\ as the problem.”\\ \\ Levin’s book on Article V, //The Liberty //\\ \\ //Amendments//, has been a #1 New \\ \\ York Times bestseller and is credited \\ \\ with kicking off  the movement to call \\ \\ a Convention of States for proposing \\ \\ amendments to the Constitution. \\ \\ Yet when it comes to his specifi c \\ \\ endorsement of an Article V project, \\ \\ Levin has thrown his support fully \\ \\ behind the Convention of States \\ \\ Project and our three-pronged call \\ \\ for fi scal restraints, limitations on \\ \\ the power and scope of Washington, \\ \\ and term limits on federal offi  cials. \\ \\ Levin’s endorsement came during his \\ \\ impassioned speech to the American \\ \\ Legislative Exchange Council’s 2014 \\ \\ State & Nation Policy Summit. \\ \\ In that speech, he explained why \\ \\ a convention surrounding a single \\ \\ amendment simply is too small of a \\ \\ solution, saying, “When they met in \\ \\ Philadelphia they didn’t just sit there \\ \\ and say, ‘Hey, let’s talk about a \\ \\ balanced budget.’ They said, ‘Let’s \\ \\ talk about liberty. What kind of \\ \\ government do we want to live \\ \\ under?’ And that’s what this \\ \\ Convention of States is all about.” \\ \\ Although many organizations are \\ \\ **TAKE YOUR \\ POWER BACK**\\ \\ **“**\\ \\ **Although many organizations **\\ \\ **are calling for term limits or a **\\ \\ **balanced budget, Convention **\\ \\ **of States is the only Article **\\ \\ **V resolution calling for **\\ \\ **both term limits and fiscal **\\ \\ **restraints. More importantly, **\\ \\ **we are targeting the deeper **\\ \\ **issue—the continual growth of **\\ \\ **Washington’s overreach—by **\\ \\ **imposing limits on the power... **\\ \\ **of the federal government.”**\\ \\ “\\ \\ “\\ \\ \\ \\ {{:public:cb_mirror:files_4058_pdfto002.png?nolink&972x1242|}}\\ \\ calling for term limits or a balanced \\ \\ budget, Convention of States is the \\ \\ only Article V resolution calling for \\ \\ both term limits and fi scal restraints. \\ \\ More importantly, we are targeting \\ \\ the deeper issue—the continual \\ \\ growth of Washington’s overreach—\\ \\ by imposing limits on the power and \\ \\ jurisdiction of the federal \\ \\ government.\\ \\ Levin said, “Why are we \\ \\ solely focused on a balanced \\ \\ budget amendment when the \\ \\ Supreme Court is a runaway court? \\ \\ Why are we solely focused on a \\ \\ balanced budget amendment when \\ \\ we have other issues that are \\ \\ problematic like the entrenched \\ \\ ruling class in the bureaucracy? \\ \\ If you’re going to go through the \\ \\ process, don’t be myopic…don’t get \\ \\ caught up in the one matter. This is a \\ \\ structural, systemic issue…\\ \\ “We’re trying to restore the republic \\ \\ and save what’s left of the \\ \\ Constitution. I say we can coalesce a \\ \\ group around saving the Republic.”\\ \\ And for those in favor of limited \\ \\ government, the Republic does, \\ \\ indeed, need to be saved. Recent \\ \\ Supreme Court rulings have \\ \\ advanced an agenda of judicial \\ \\ activism. However, Levin noted that \\ \\ the problem of federal expansion is \\ \\ deeper than that.\\ \\ He asked: “Today the federal g\\ \\ overnment is the nation’s largest \\ \\ creditor, debtor, lender, employer, \\ \\ consumer, grantor, property owner, \\ \\ tenant, insurer, healthcare provider, \\ \\ and pensions guarantor. Does that \\ \\ sound like limited government to \\ \\ you?”\\ \\ Many state legislators fear that a \\ \\ Convention of States will not be \\ \\ able to be controlled and will “run-\\ \\ away,” to which argument Levin gave \\ \\ a sharp response: “Do you realize \\ \\ there can never be a runaway \\ \\ convention, never, ever? It’s \\ \\ impossible! Since three-fourths of \\ \\ the states must ratify whatever is \\ \\ proposed by the delegates sent by \\ \\ two-thirds of the states…All you do \\ \\ is you propose specifi c amendments, \\ \\ and the states consider them or \\ \\ reject them. Congress does this, it’s \\ \\ done it before. Now you do it, it’s \\ \\ your turn, that’s why it’s in there.”\\ \\ Not only has Levin fought against \\ \\ the notion of a runaway convention, \\ \\ he has spoken out on the air against \\ \\ legislators who have held up the \\ \\ Convention of States application \\ \\ from going to the fl oor for a vote:\\ \\ “If we get a full vote in these states, \\ \\ **“Today the federal government \\ is the nation’s largest creditor, **\\ \\ **debtor, lender, employer, **\\ \\ **consumer, grantor, property **\\ \\ **owner, tenant, insurer, **\\ \\ **healthcare provider, and **\\ \\ **pension guarantor. Does that **\\ \\ **sound like limited government **\\ \\ **to you?”**\\ \\ we win. We win. But you see, these \\ \\ Senate presidents, and some of \\ \\ these Speakers, are part of the\\ \\ problem, wherever they are. They \\ \\ like big government…They pretend \\ \\ they’re originalists. They’re not.”\\ \\ The Convention of States movement \\ \\ is fi lled with constitutional original-\\ \\ ists who believe that this is the only \\ \\ way to curtail Washington’s intrusion \\ \\ into our lives. Sean Hannity, Ben \\ \\ Shapiro, Dr. Ben Carson, economist \\ \\ Thomas Sowell, Sen. Jim DeMint, \\ \\ the late Sen. Tom Coburn, and many \\ \\ others have joined Levin as full-\\ \\ fl edged endorsers of this project.\\ \\ “We’re not some cult over here,” \\ \\ Levin said, “We’re the majority. \\ \\ We’re not some extreme, hard-right \\ \\ group over here, we’re constitution-\\ \\ alists. We’re not some wackos over \\ \\ here…we embrace the American \\ \\ Heritage. We are the ones trying to \\ \\ lead an eff ort to save what’s left of \\ \\ this country.”\\ \\ Levin reminded legislators not only \\ \\ of their ability, but also their duty, to \\ \\ call a Convention of States. \\ \\ “I want you to understand that you \\ \\ as individuals…have a capacity as \\ \\ state representatives and state \\ \\ senators – you alone, not your \\ \\ governors, not congressmen, not \\ \\ senators, not the president, not \\ \\ the court – but you have it within \\ \\ yourselves, and it ought to be your \\ \\ number one priority when you leave \\ \\ here to help restore this republic and \\ \\ give us our constitution back.”\\ \\ www.conventi onofstates.com info@conventi onofstates.com\\ \\ //Support the only solution that is as big as the problem.//\\ \\ **Sign the petition at ConventionofStates.com.**|


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|Created:                 |2017-07-06 11:09 GMT        |
|Updated:                 |2021-07-23 03:00 GMT        |
|Published:               |2017-07-17 23:00 GMT        |
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