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NC Responding to Opposition Summary

This file, created for use in NC, is modeled from the Wyoming document developed to respond to opposition from the John Birch Society. Complete with links and QR codes, it presents a comprehensive guide to many of the COS opponents' objections to an Article V Convention with links to point-by-point authoritative rebuttals.

Attachment: 3665/COSNC_Response_to_the_Opposition_Final_0623.pdf

 





//Sign the Petition Here//

 

 

 

 

 

       Spread 

by Those Opposed to an Article V 

Convention Process

//Download This //

//Document Here//

An 

Article V Convention of States

 is not a “constitutional convention” or a “con-con”. It cannot frame, 

revise, or amend our Constitution. Its only power is to propose amendments to our current Constitu-

tion, which must fit the scope of the state applications and then must be ratified by 38 states, 

by law

.

Some 

liberal & conservative groups

 claim the absence of procedural guidance in Article V means 

the 

rules governing a Convention of States

, like 

One State/One Vote,

 are uncertain, at best, or 

would be controlled by Congress, at worst. Yet, the Constitution also mentions trial by jury, the 

writ of habeas corpus, bills of attainder, etc., without providing any instruction procedures either. 

Clearly, the Framers expected 

established definitions and legal procedures to be understood and 

followed based on historical precedent

.

Some well-meaning patriots from both liberal and conservative groups claim the framers never 

intended amendments to be used to 

address problems with the federal government

 However 

well-meaning they may be, 

they are clearly mistaken

.   

Click here to view a video on this topic

.

Some  who  oppose  COS  reveal  they  honestly  don’t  know  why,  when  they  simultaneously  claim 

they’re concerned a convention would do too much, while also fretting it might not do enough. 

They say, “If DC doesn’t follow the Constitution now, why would they follow amendments from the 

Convention?”  This perspective ignores 

the historical effect of the clarifying language amendments 

provide

.

Highlighting the clear limits of an Article V Convention, Charles J. Cooper, a long-time constitutional 

attorney for the National Rifle Association, outlines why 

an Article V Convention of States poses no 

threat to our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms

.

Some 

skeptics of Article V specialize in asking questions

 they assume can’t be answered.  Most 

common questions about an Article V Convention of States are addressed by the 

Article V Infor-

mation Center

a project to provide historical and legal information about the amendment process.





Some who oppose an Article V COS, claim our Constitution wasn’t adopted legitimately in 1787 

due to a “runaway convention”. They irrationally fear this imagined precedent and, 

without critical 

examination

 of such a faulty premise, state legislators who agree with this position undermine 

their very oath of office to support and defend a “runaway” Constitution.   

Click here for a video 

explanation

Research presented in the peer-reviewed 

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

, explains the 

truth of what happened in 1787 and exposes the baseless contradiction of those claiming to defend 

a Constitution they assert to have illegitimate origins.

Momentum for an Article V Convention of States is building. In 2022, 4 additional states passed the 

resolution, bringing our total to 19 of the 34 necessary.  With endorsements like those of 

Governor 

Ron DeSantis



Tucker Carlson



Mark Levin



Project Veritas Founder, James O’Keefe



US Representa-

tive Chip Roy



US Senator Rand Paul



Rick Green



Ben Shapiro



Lt. Col. Allen West



David Barton



for-

mer US Senator Rick Santorum



economist Thomas Sowell

 and 

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson

, support 

for our movement is surging.

Some  “conservatives”  in  our  State  Legislators  are  on  the  same  side  of  this  issue  as  George  So-

ros-funded 

Common Cause

which has assembled 250 leftist organizations to 

oppose an Article V 

Convention of States

 for proposing amendments limiting federal spending, power, jurisdiction and 

terms of office.

The liberal establishment, subsidized significantly by George Soros’ groups  are very effective at 

manipulating narratives to achieve their goals. For decades, they hav

engaged in a disinformation 

campaign

 about Article V of our Constitution, which the conservative establishment has accepted 

without asking questions.

Dark money sources with 

deep pockets fuel the disinformation campaign

, persuading conservative 

groups and politicians that trusting, following and using Article V of our Constitution is somehow 

undermining, violating and sabotaging our Constitution.

David Horowitz

widely considered to be today’s premier scholar and expert on the history, tactics, 

propaganda and operation of the American left, asserts Soros is laughing while misinformed con-

servatives claim they’re “saving the Constitution from being rewritten” by opposing COS.

Some conservative groups have argued Article VI of the Constitution and the 10th Amendment al-

low individual states to “nullify’ any federal law they consider unconstitutional, however, the 

only 

provision for nullification by the states is found in Article V.

For decades, the John Birch Society has opposed trusting & using our Constitution’s provision in 

Article V allowing states to propose limitations to federal power, jurisdiction, spending and terms 

of office, even though their founder, Robert Welch supported the Liberty Amendments in the early 

years of their founding. 

Their advocate Robert Brown

 exemplifies the axiom spoken long ago by 

one of our Framers… “It is much easier to alarm people than to inform them”.

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