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Title: Mark Levin Endorsement

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Mark Levin is a long-time supporter of the Convention of States Project and a pioneer of the Article V movement. This two-page document outlines his full support and is a great hand-out for any Levin fans that you know

Created: 2017-07-06 07:09:07

Updated: 2021-07-22 23:00:00

Published: 2017-07-17 19:00:00

Converted: 2025-04-14T19:24:13.110841139


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I have whole-heartedly endorsed the \\
Convention of States Project,” says \\
constitutional scholar Mark Levin.

I serve on its Legal Board of Reference \\
because they propose a solution as big \\
as the problem.”

Levin’s book on Article V, //The Liberty //

//Amendments//, has been a #1 New 

York Times bestseller and is credited 

with kicking off  the movement to call 

a Convention of States for proposing 

amendments to the Constitution. 

Yet when it comes to his specifi c 

endorsement of an Article V project, 

Levin has thrown his support fully 

behind the Convention of States 

Project and our three-pronged call 

for fi scal restraints, limitations on 

the power and scope of Washington, 

and term limits on federal offi  cials. 

Levin’s endorsement came during his 

impassioned speech to the American 

Legislative Exchange Council’s 2014 

State & Nation Policy Summit. 

In that speech, he explained why 

a convention surrounding a single 

amendment simply is too small of a 

solution, saying, “When they met in 

Philadelphia they didn’t just sit there 

and say, ‘Hey, let’s talk about a 

balanced budget.’ They said, ‘Let’s 

talk about liberty. What kind of 

government do we want to live 

under?’ And that’s what this 

Convention of States is all about.” 

Although many organizations are 

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**“Although many organizations \\
are calling for term limits or a **

**balanced budget, Convention **

**of States is the only Article **

**V resolution calling for **

**both term limits and fiscal **

**restraints. More importantly, **

**we are targeting the deeper **

**issue—the continual growth of **

**Washington’s overreach—by **

**imposing limits on the power... **

**of the federal government.”**

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calling for term limits or a balanced 

budget, Convention of States is the 

only Article V resolution calling for 

both term limits and fi scal restraints. 

More importantly, we are targeting 

the deeper issue—the continual 

growth of Washington’s overreach—

by imposing limits on the power and 

jurisdiction of the federal 

government.

Levin said, “Why are we 

solely focused on a balanced 

budget amendment when the 

Supreme Court is a runaway court? 

Why are we solely focused on a 

balanced budget amendment when 

we have other issues that are 

problematic like the entrenched 

ruling class in the bureaucracy? 

If you’re going to go through the 

process, don’t be myopic…don’t get 

caught up in the one matter. This is a 

structural, systemic issue…

“We’re trying to restore the republic 

and save what’s left of the 

Constitution. I say we can coalesce a 

group around saving the Republic.”

And for those in favor of limited 

government, the Republic does, 

indeed, need to be saved. Recent 

Supreme Court rulings have 

advanced an agenda of judicial 

activism. However, Levin noted that 

the problem of federal expansion is 

deeper than that.

He asked: “Today the federal g

overnment is the nation’s largest 

creditor, debtor, lender, employer, 

consumer, grantor, property owner, 

tenant, insurer, healthcare provider, 

and pensions guarantor. Does that 

sound like limited government to 

you?”

Many state legislators fear that a 

Convention of States will not be 

able to be controlled and will “run-

away,” to which argument Levin gave 

a sharp response: “Do you realize 

there can never be a runaway 

convention, never, ever? It’s 

impossible! Since three-fourths of 

the states must ratify whatever is 

proposed by the delegates sent by 

two-thirds of the states…All you do 

is you propose specifi c amendments, 

and the states consider them or 

reject them. Congress does this, it’s 

done it before. Now you do it, it’s 

your turn, that’s why it’s in there.”

Not only has Levin fought against 

the notion of a runaway convention, 

he has spoken out on the air against 

legislators who have held up the 

Convention of States application 

from going to the fl oor for a vote:

“If we get a full vote in these states, 

**“Today the federal government \\
is the nation’s largest creditor, **

**debtor, lender, employer, **

**consumer, grantor, property **

**owner, tenant, insurer, **

**healthcare provider, and **

**pension guarantor. Does that **

**sound like limited government **

**to you?”**

we win. We win. But you see, these 

Senate presidents, and some of 

these Speakers, are part of the

problem, wherever they are. They 

like big government…They pretend 

they’re originalists. They’re not.”

The Convention of States movement 

is fi lled with constitutional original-

ists who believe that this is the only 

way to curtail Washington’s intrusion 

into our lives. Sean Hannity, Ben 

Shapiro, Dr. Ben Carson, economist 

Thomas Sowell, Sen. Jim DeMint, 

the late Sen. Tom Coburn, and many 

others have joined Levin as full-

fl edged endorsers of this project.

“We’re not some cult over here,” 

Levin said, “We’re the majority. 

We’re not some extreme, hard-right 

group over here, we’re constitution-

alists. We’re not some wackos over 

here…we embrace the American 

Heritage. We are the ones trying to 

lead an eff ort to save what’s left of 

this country.”

Levin reminded legislators not only 

of their ability, but also their duty, to 

call a Convention of States. 

“I want you to understand that you 

as individuals…have a capacity as 

state representatives and state 

senators – you alone, not your 

governors, not congressmen, not 

senators, not the president, not 

the court – but you have it within 

yourselves, and it ought to be your 

number one priority when you leave 

here to help restore this republic and 

give us our constitution back.”

www.conventi onofstates.com info@conventi onofstates.com

//Support the only solution that is as big as the problem.\\
//**Sign the petition at ConventionofStates.com.**