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

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.” “ “ 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.