Historic: Tennessee votes to change the Constitution without Obama’s permission

Historic: Tennessee votes to change the Constitution without Obama’s permission February 4, 2016

Tennessee sent a message to the President of the United States today: back off!

Tennessee’s 109th General Assembly called for a modern day “Convention of States” by passing Senate Joint Resolution 67 (SJR0067)  59 votes to 31. This gives states a method of changing the Constitution without permission of Congress or the President. The Founding Fathers gave us the provision that has been described as a “Constitutional Emergency cord” in Article V, to be pulled in case the federal government got too large and drunk with its own power.

Today, Tennessee pulled that cord.  With Obamacare, entitlements, and government agencies being used as weapons against the citizenry, it’s time to use the Constitution to save it.

“Our founders saw a day when we would need to stop the abuses of a federal government,” explained Rep. Sheila Butt (R-Dist. 64). “They wisely provided a tool that was a tried and true process, one they themselves had used 30 times before they got to the Convention in Philadelphia. The amendment process that is outlined in Article V of the constitution is their gift to us, we need to display the courage of our Founders and not the timidity of serfs. They work for We the people, and we are not happy with what they have done.”

Tennessee is not the only state fed up with the federal government.

Five other states have already called for a convention of states.  If 34 states pass resolutions to call a convention of states to limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, Congress must call the convention.  

 If you want to USE the CONSTITUTION to SAVE the CONSTITUTION, sign the petition below!

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 Find out more about the Convention of States and sign the petition to end Big Government!


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