Title: NC Responding to Opposition Summary Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/nc-opposition-response|nc-opposition-response]] Login Required to view? No Attached File: COSNC_Response_to_the_Opposition_Final_0623.pdf 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 Created: 2023-06-02 14:48:56 Updated: 2024-06-15 12:53:38 Published: 2023-06-01 09:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T20:12:12.425053967 ---- {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_20480_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} [[https://conventionofstates.com/|//Sign the Petition Here//]] //** **// //** **// //** **// //** **// //** **// //**       Spread **// //**by Those Opposed to an Article V **// //**Convention Process**// [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/nc-opposition-response|//Download This //]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/nc-opposition-response|//Document Here//]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEcly3RF3-U|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 stat[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/how-a-convention-of-states-really-works/|es, by law.]] Some [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/how-a-convention-of-states-really-works/|liberal & conservative groups]] claim the absence of procedural guidance in Article V means  the [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/how-a-convention-of-states-really-works/|rules governing a Convention of States]], like [[https://i2i.org/no-a-convention-of-states-could-not-change-the-one-state-one-vote-rule/|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 [[https://i2i.org/no-a-convention-of-states-could-not-change-the-one-state-one-vote-rule/|established definitions and legal procedures to be understood and ]] [[https://i2i.org/no-a-convention-of-states-could-not-change-the-one-state-one-vote-rule/|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 [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/how-to-reform-our-dysfunctional-federal-government/|address problems with the federal government. ]] However  well-meaning they may be, [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/what-madison-really-said-in-1788-and-1789-about-holding-a-second-convention/|they are clearly mistaken.   ]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hl82Gwc3R8|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 [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-lamp-of-experience-constitutional-amendments-work|the historical effect of the clarifying language amendments ]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-lamp-of-experience-constitutional-amendments-work|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 [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/article-4-an-open-letter-concerning-the-second-amendment-and-the-convention-of-states-project|an Article V Convention of States poses no ]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/article-4-an-open-letter-concerning-the-second-amendment-and-the-convention-of-states-project|threat to our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.]] Some [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/answering-anti-article-v-arguments-in-1-easy-step|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 [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/|Article V Infor-]] [[https://articlevinfocenter.com/|mation Center, ]]a project to provide historical and legal information about the amendment process. {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_20480_pdfto002.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} 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 [[https://i2i.org/the-framers-explained-why-the-constitutional-convention-had-authority-to-propose-the-constitution/|and, without critical ]] [[https://i2i.org/the-framers-explained-why-the-constitutional-convention-had-authority-to-propose-the-constitution/|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.   [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqJf0YtY1k|Click here for a video ]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqJf0YtY1k|explanation]] Research presented in the peer-reviewed [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/defying-conventional-wisdom-the-constitution-was-not-the-product-of-a-runaway-convention-by-michael-farris-1|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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8ebT1d9OQ|of Governor ]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8ebT1d9OQ|Ron DeSantis]], [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sATB_OP9Geg|Tucker Carlson]], [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kCFzmnD00-s|Mark Levin, ]][[https://conventionofstates.com/news/project-veritas-founder-james-o-keefe-endorses-convention-of-states-project|Project Veritas Founder, James O’Keefe]], [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/new-endorsement-congressman-chip-roy-i-wholeheartedly-endorse-the-convention-of-states-project|US Representa-]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/new-endorsement-congressman-chip-roy-i-wholeheartedly-endorse-the-convention-of-states-project|tive Chip Roy]][[https://conventionofstates.com/news/stand-with-rand-senator-rand-paul-endorses-convention-of-states|, US Senator Rand Paul, ]][[https://conventionofstates.com/news/wallbuilders-rick-green-here-s-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-convention-of-states|Rick Green, ]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1lTejlX8s|Ben Shapiro]][[https://conventionofstates.com/news/allen-west-endorses-convention-of-states-project|, Lt. Col. Allen West]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rAKE5tCdg|David Barton, ]][[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZyakrWVJ4|for-]] [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZyakrWVJ4|mer US Senator Rick Santorum, ]][[https://conventionofstates.com/news/thomas-sowell-convention-of-states-would-empower-the-people|economist Thomas Sowell]] and [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/north-carolina-lt-governor-i-support-the-efforts-of-the-convention-of-states-project|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 [[https://www.commoncause.org/|Common Cause, ]]which has assembled 250 leftist organizations to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWMUUcr79OA|oppose an Article V ]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWMUUcr79OA|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[[https://conventionofstates.com/files/the-liberal-establishment-s-disinformation-campaign-against-article-v-and-how-it-misled-conservatives|e engaged in a disinformation ]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/the-liberal-establishment-s-disinformation-campaign-against-article-v-and-how-it-misled-conservatives|campaign]] about Article V of our Constitution, which the conservative establishment has accepted  without asking questions. Dark money sources with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEARuGNT2Qo|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. [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/why-conservatives-need-to-amend-the-constitution-now-by-david-horowitz|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 [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/why-conservatives-need-to-amend-the-constitution-now-by-david-horowitz|only ]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-article-five-solution-the-way-to-implement-the-10th-amendment|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. [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/problems-with-the-testimony-of-robert-brown|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”.