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
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.”
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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.”
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