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The Founders Called the First One Right
Overview: A convention will be stable. The debt is unsustainable, Congress won’t fix itself, and the Founders already gave us the answer—it's Article V. Ken Whaley, Convention of States Idaho Jun 11, 2025 They say the 1787 Convention was a runaway. That it ignored its mandate. That, some say, is proof a modern Article V Convention would spiral into chaos. But Mike Farris, seasoned constitutional lawyer and co-founder of Convention of States, calls this what it is: a historical myth. And he’s absolutely correct. “The Constitutional Convention in 1787 was not a runaway,” Farris explains. “People who are doing that are undermining the credibility of the Constitution itself.” Think about that. If we claim the Founders hijacked the process, then we're calling our own Constitution illegitimate. That's not just wrong, it's reckless. I’d say even treasonous; though in fairness I do tend to get carried away… The delegates in Philadelphia followed their states’ instructions, and those instructions weren’t just to slap duct tape on the Articles of Confederation. They were given authority to, “propose a new adequate constitution” because the old one wasn't cutting it. The Articles had no teeth. Congress couldn’t tax, couldn’t enforce laws, couldn’t even hold the states together. The nation was on the brink. Sound familiar yet? What many people seem to forget is that the states called the 1787 Convention, not Congress. And the states gave their delegates real power, broad, deliberate authority to fix the broken system. Delegates weren’t freelancing. They were following orders, state by state, and the result was the most remarkable governing document in world history. And guess what? That document, our Constitution, includes Article V. Farris reminds us that the Founders inserted Article V because they knew Congress would never “propose amendments curtailing federal power.” That wasn’t paranoia. It was wisdom. They gave the states the exact same power as Congress to propose amendments because they understood something we refuse to admit: power never limits itself. Today, Washington is drunk on control. The federal debt has soared past $34 trillion. Every tick of the debt clock is a warning bell, a countdown to implosion. We are not immune to history. Governments that overspend, overpromise, and underdeliver fall. And they fall hard. Our fiscal house isn’t just messy, it’s a blazing freaking inferno. Interest on the debt is now one of the largest line items in the federal budget. At some point, maybe not tomorrow but soon, the money just won’t be there. Entitlements, defense, education, infrastructure, it all goes up in smoke when the dollar breaks. That’s not drama. That’s math. This is the very abuse the Founders warned us about. And it’s why they gave us a way out. As Farris puts it, “State legislators, therefore, have the moral responsibility to use the power given to them by Article Five… those abuses are paramount and obvious.” If the states don’t act now, when? After the collapse? After the dollar is worthless? After Washington starts taxing at 70% just to keep the lights on? An Article V Convention isn’t a Hail Mary. It’s a blueprint. It lets the states propose specific amendments, limited in scope, to restrain federal power. Term limits. Balanced budget. Tax caps. Pick one. All of them are doable. And as Farris points out, any Article V Convention is legally bound to address only the issues outlined by the 34 states calling for it. This isn’t the Wild West. It’s built into the Constitution. We don’t need D.C. to fix itself. That’s a fantasy. We need the states to do what the Founders knew only they could. Because if we don’t, the country won’t just drift into crisis. It will crash into it. The Founders stared into the abyss in 1787 and built a bridge. Are we really going to ignore it? Now You know. Now act. Restore First Principles exists because the system isn’t broken, it’s being broken, on purpose. The Founders handed us a Republic. What do we have now? A bloated, unaccountable machine chewing through the Constitution line by line. If that doesn’t scare you, it should. https://restorefirstprinciples.substack.com/ www.ConventionofStates.com |
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| Created: | 2025-07-12 20:34 GMT |
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