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no_hypocrisy

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1. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but . . . .
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 05:37 AM
Saturday

It has been my impression that a Constitutional Convention would just vote on new amendments to the Constitution to send the States for ratification.

And Amendments proposed by Congress or convention become valid only when ratified by the legislatures of, or conventions in, three-fourths of the states (i.e., 38 of 50 states).

IOW, the proposals don't become effective until that 38th state ratifies it.

It's taken almost 50 years to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and we're still not there yet.

There aren't enough "Red States" to pass these draconian laws -- yet.

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