Title: Where should you camp? Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/where-should-you-camp|where-should-you-camp]] Login Required to view? No Created: 2023-03-06 15:31:37 Updated: 2023-03-07 23:02:13 Published: 2023-03-06 00:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T21:23:27.851641019 ---- It may seem that everywhere you look everything is broken. And if you continue to look, you will find groups that are actively trying to change the way things are in NH. I can't think of a cause that does not deserve your time. But reality sets in, and you have to face it head on. You are working, you are raising a family, or grandkids, or in school...your time is already allocated elsewhere. So how do you effectively make a positive change and possibly fit everything in?  Which cause should you plant your roots? Where do you camp? Yes, we need to effect local change.   Yes, we need to make sure our elections count every vote and reduce fraud. Yes, we need to run for School Boards, City Councils, and for State Legislators. Yes, we need to go the the general court website, look at the [[https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/schedule/dailyschedule.aspx|House Calendar]] and [[https://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/schedule/dailyschedule.aspx|Senate Schedule]] every week and remotely sign in and vote on bills to protect our constitutional rights. Yes, we need to attend our school board meetings and town council meetings. All of these take time. **I chose to invest my time in Convention of States. Why?** Even when we pass all the bills in NH that need to be passed, the [[https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artVI-C2-2-2/ALDE_00013397/|US Constitution in Article VI, section 2]] states it is the supreme law of the land: > This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, **shall be the supreme Law of the Land;** and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. So outside of [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/is-nullification-the-answer-1|legal nullification]], the only way to fix our over reaching federal government is to use [[https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-5/|Article V]], the second part. If we do not, then all the hard work we have been doing can be over ridden by the Federal Government. > The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, **or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States,** shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. [[https://conventionofstates.com/myth-busting-nullification|Nullification in NH]] has already been decided. I don't want all the time I take away from my family to be overridden with mandates from Washington. When the Executive Branch has its three- letter departments roll out mandates instead of passing laws in Congress, and our states do not stop them by refusing the money that comes with those mandates nor files suit against the Executive Branch for behaving unconstitutionally, my efforts are in vain. Quite frankly, I don't have that kind of time to waste- and neither do you!   I don't want to continually give away my hard earned money to the federal government who behaves as though there is no spending ceiling. I prefer to invest in reaffirming boundaries. As structure has been proven to benefit raising children, so it shall benefit the out-of-control federal government. Even when the federal government tries to pass laws contrary to the Bill of Rights, you know, the inalienable rights given to each by God but reaffirmed in the US Constitution and the NH Constitution, if no one stops that abuse, the only answer is to use Article V. We see attempts in Congress all the time diminishing the original intent of the [[https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-2/|2nd Amendment]]. > A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Yes, I will continue to give my time in areas that need tweaking here in NH, but the majority of my time is invested in a Convention of States. When we restore the Federal Government to the Republic originally intended, we have a chance of our local energies making changes that will last. I hope you decide to join me in going to the "[[https://conventionofstates.com/take_action|take action" tab]] and signing up to volunteer.