Title: COS on Life, Liberty & Levin
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Convention of States President Mark Meckler and COS Senior Advisor Tom Coburn appeared on the Fox News Channel's Life, Liberty & Levin with host and COS endorser Mark Levin to discuss Convention of States and how it can help stop and overreaching government by embracing the Constitution
Created: 2020-07-21 16:34:43
Updated: 2021-07-21 23:00:00
Published: 2020-07-21 02:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T19:57:20.143335143
The earliest ‘meeting of the
minds’ to discuss Article V of
the Constitution was when
the Constitutional Convention met
in Philadelphia in 1787. In 2018, a
similar meeting took place when
Convention of States President
Mark Meckler and former U.S.
Senator Tom Coburn appeared on
Fox News Life, Liberty & Levin with
long- time Article V Convention of
States advocate Mark Levin.
For the full hour, these political
thought leaders discussed the state
of American politics and how to stop
an overreaching government bent
on our nation’s destruction. Like the
Founders, they unanimously believe
a Convention of States is essential
to halting government growth and
tyranny.
“If you dig in, what you fi nd
historically is we have created
a structural problem. It’s not a
personnel issue,” Meckler said,
“We’ve actually broken the structure
of our government.”
Sen. Coburn tried to correct the
nation’s course in the Senate for ten
years concluding, “What’s wrong
with our country isn’t going to get
fi xed by the career politicians that
are in the Senate or the House. So I
left looking for another method with
which we can cheat history and not
be a republic that falls. We need the
decision-making process to be closer
to the people instead of unelected
bureaucrats. We have a solution that
will actually solve this great problem.”
Thankfully, the solution can be found
in Article V of the Constitution,
which gives the people, acting
through their state legislatures,
power to call a Convention of
States for the purpose of proposing
amendments to restrain
government tyranny.
Mark Levin pointed out, “Today
the Supreme Court amends the
Constitution, Congress passes
MARK LEVIN FEATURES CONVENTION OF STATES
FOR A FULL HOUR ON LIFE, LIBERTY & LEVIN
“We need the decision-making
process to be closer to the
people instead of unelected
bureaucrats. We have a solution
that will actually solve this great
problem.”
statues that amend the Constitution.
[Article V of the Constitution] is
a legitimate way to address eff orts
to act outside the Constitution
boundaries.”
Meckler explained, “This is, by the
way, why the left opposes us so
much because they have been doing
this for over a century. They amend
through the courts. Over 250
[leftist groups] signed a press release
together attacking [a Convention of
States] saying… this is intended to
reverse 115 years of progressivism.
“And we say, ‘yes, it is!’ ”
This leftist opposition can’t stop
the growing momentum of the
Convention of States, which boasts
over 3.5 million supporters across
the political spectrum.
“This is a fi ght about who decides -
Washington, D.C., versus the people.
The Framers answered that question
very clearly at the beginning of the
Constitution in big bold calligraphy,
‘We, the people decide,’ ” said
Meckler.
Sen. Coburn added, “The American
spirit is about liberty and freedom.
This movement is about restoring
decision making to the states. It’s
about honoring the vision of our
Founders that we will decide as
sovereign citizens of the state. We
give the power to the government.
They don’t give it to us. We have the
right to maintain and focus on our
own freedom and our own decisions
within our own states.”
This watershed interview brought
awareness of the Convention
“If you dig in, what you
find historically is we
have created a structural
problem. It’s not a
personnel issue,”
Meckler said, “We’ve
actually broken the
structure of our
government.”
of States Project to a new level,
dispelled myths, and ended with
Levin’s powerful admonition: “The
American people will decide their
own fate. That’s the bottom line,
and you two gentleman are among
the leaders of a movement that is
showing them the way to do it. Is
there a solution?” he asked. “Yes.
Embrace the Constitution.”
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