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An army of Davids

“Everyone loves an underdog.”

The federal government is truly goliathan — massive, formidable, and seemingly untouchable.

But David always found a way around “seemingly.”

The shepherd boy vs. the giant. Jesus vs. the seemingly indelible Roman Empire. General George Washington’s ragtag army vs. the seemingly unconquerable might of the British Empire. History hinges on key moments when underdogs dare to defy the seeming strength of their opponents.

Many of us are familiar with the story of Gregory Watson, a relentless college student whose “C”-graded paper about the congressional pay amendment, proposed by James Madison in 1789, prompted him to advocate for the eventual passage of the Twenty-seventh Amendment in 1992. Today, “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened” because a 20-year-old sophomore decided to do something about his bad grade.

Here in America, we all have that opportunity — the opportunity to be a Gregory Watson or a David. That’s what Convention of States is all about. The COS grassroots army consists of everyday patriots — parents, grandparents, truck drivers, veterans, and farmers — who stuck their necks out to take on the federal government. ’Tis a Herculean task, indeed.

Career politicians and entrenched bureaucrats addicted to power. A punishing $36-trillion national debt. A federal government that ignores virtually every restraint placed on it by our Founders. If ever there was an American Goliath, it resides in Washington. What can people like us possibly do when faced with such a foe?

Quite a lot, actually.

In Texas, the COS grassroots team answered that question by growing their base of supporters to nearly 300,000. They even formed a dedicated “Texas Brigade” to champion COS in the legislature, sometimes daily, and rented a home in the area for greater access to the halls of power.

Although Texas intially passed the application for an Article V convention to propose amendments limiting the size and scope of the federal government in 2017, that version of the bill would have lapsed this year if not for massive pressure from the grassroots, who pushed for the state to adopt a clean version of the bill without an expiration date. On May 8, 2025, their many years and countless hours of hard work paid off.

“Together,” said Texas State Director Erika Hatfield, “we pushed through every challenge with faith, grit, and purpose—and made history for Texas and the nation.”

In other words, while others backed down, COS activists in Texas — true to the spirit of their forebears at the Alamo — drew a line in the sand. Reining in the power-drunk federal government may still seem daunting, but with the steadfast support of the Texas militia, it’s a goal within our reach.

The Lone Star State isn’t alone on this issue, though.

Texas and Connecticut certainly don’t seem to have much in common. This year, however, the Constitution State made history by becoming the 50th state legislature to introduce our resolution — an extraordinary milestone that speaks to the truly national momentum for cracking down on federal tyranny.

“The Connecticut team has been working really hard to finally get the resolution filed,” said Regional Director Haley Shaw, noting that the grassroots “spent a great deal of time building relationships with legislators.” “As the Constitution State,” she added, “they are elated to finally have the resolution filed!”

Critics may dismiss the fight for passage in Connecticut as an “uphill battle.” But then again, where have we heard that before? Didn’t King George III dismiss the masses of Revolutionary patriots as an “unhappy and deluded multitude”? How did that turn out for him?

The Great American Story — from 1776 to 2025 — is teeming with plucky patriots and daring Davids who fought uphill battles. And if the COS grassroots can get their resolution into all 50 state legislatures, we should know better than to put anything past them.

We should know better than to put anything past the American people. Period.

On and on, I could go about the progress we’re making in all 50 states to call a convention and restore self-governance. And yet, for all this, there are still those who would sit on the sidelines and offer their unsolicited opprobrium of the COS movement: it’s never going to happen. Funny. It’s almost as if they’ve never picked up a history book. Because last I checked, we are not descended from men who fretted about the impossible. In fact, our ancestors routinely tuned out the it’s-never-going-to-happen crowd. And thank God they did; America simply would not exist if they hadn’t.

“Everyone loves an underdog.” Thus goes the popular idiom. But do we truly believe it? If we did, why aren’t more of us willing to take on the federal government? Why aren’t we willing to lay down our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor for what the cynics malign as an “impossible” cause? To paraphrase Ronald Reagan’s famous question, if nothing in life is worth fighting Goliath over, when did this begin — just in the face of this enemy?

“You and I,” Reagan declared, “have the courage to say to our enemies, ‘There is a price we will not pay. There is a point beyond which they must not advance.’”

An army of Davids, Gregory Watsons, and all-American underdogs is rising up to draw that line in the sand — to find their way into D.C.’s impenetrable fortress. If a single shepherd boy could take down Goliath, we should not underestimate what an army of them can do against a massive, formidable, and seemingly untouchable federal government.

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