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Note: The “Constitution for the Newstates of America” referenced in this post can be viewed at http://www.redpills.org/?p=7265.

A couple of days go I posted Timothy Baldwin’s article on constitutional deconstruction. In that post I also opposed the idea of holding another Constitutional Convention (con-con). Rummaging around the Internet I found a collaborating article also opposing a con-con. What I found most interesting is that apparently Judge Napolitano, James Dale Davidson, Professor Randy Barnett, and Michael Patrick Leahy (who helped organize the Tax Day TEA Parties) all support the idea of a con-con!!! This is an incredible revelation. If true, which appears most likely, these people are indeed wolves in sheep’s clothing. If a con-con convenes, given the political environment that currently exists, then kiss America and your freedoms good-bye! This is most critical to comprehend because supposedly we only need two more states calling for a con-con and our Constitution will become just a side note in history.

Please read and understand the dangers of a con-con! This would be far more damaging then 3 more years of dinglebarry.

From newswithview.com by Kelleigh Nelson dated 10/17/2009 entitled, “WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING?“:

In the late 70s and early 80s, many grassroots Americans found out about the movement for a new Constitutional Convention (con-con). By 1986, 32 of the 34 states needed for a new constitutional convention had passed calls for a convention. The reason used for this call for a con-con was for a balanced budget amendment. Sounds great doesn’t it? However, it was a ruse used by those who want to radically change our constitution and basically destroy the founding fathers’ document. Many of the states and most of the legislators that called for a con-con did so without any public oversight or knowledge, basically because it was a good sounding conservative idea to require a balanced budget amendment.

Seven to ten of the 32 states have succeeded in recalling their calls for a con-con, including Alabama, Louisiana and Florida. The opportunity to change the constitution exists in Article V, which says the constitution can be changed in two ways, either by two-thirds of both houses of Congress sending an amendment to the states and three-quarters of the states ratifying it, (which is how we have ratified every amendment since the Bill of Rights). The other way is to have two-thirds of the states, that is, 34 states petitioning Congress for a Constitutional Convention. When the latter is used, the entire document is taken down and re-examined.

The proponents of a con-con under the guise of a balanced budget amendment still believe that if they get another two states who call for a balanced budget amendment that they can open a convention, despite the states that have recalled their calls. Con-con supporter James Dale Davidson of the National Taxpayers’ Union even stated that he didn’t care if the con-con couldn’t be limited to the Balanced Budget. As well, Henry Hazlitt (renowned conservative) was the NTU’s economic advisor wrote a book in 1974 entitled, “A New Constitution Now.” The book is extremely alarming because in the book he says, “an amendment could be proposed that would strike out everything after ‘We the people,’ “ and that of course includes the Bill of Rights.

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Warren Burger (no friend of conservatives) vigorously opposed convening a constitutional convention. He wrote in 1988, “I have also repeatedly given my opinion that there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the actions of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it will be too late to stop the Convention if we don’t like the agenda. The meeting in 1787 ignored the limit placed by the Confederation Congress ‘for the sole and express purpose.’ “

We also have a warning directly from the “Father of the Constitution,” James Madison when the states of New York and Virginia formally petitioned Congress in 1788 to call for a con-con to propose amendments to the Constitution, which had only been completed a year before. Madison wrote this letter, “If a General Convention were to take place for the avowed and sole purpose of revising the Constitution, it would naturally consider itself as having a greater latitude than the congress…It would consequently give greater agitation to the public mind; an election into it would be courted by the most violent partisans on both sides…[and] would no doubt contain individuals of insidious views, who, under the mask of seeking alterations popular in some parts…might have the dangerous opportunity of sapping the very foundations of the fabric…Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the first Convention, which assembled under every propitious circumstance, I should tremble for the result of a second, meeting in the present temper in America.” Just imagine a Constitutional Convention in today’s climate and sans the statesmen like our founding fathers.

I too tremble at the thought of a Constitutional Convention and unfortunately a new threat is on the horizon and comes from sources one would least expect. Judge Andrew Napolitano is often a guest on the Fox Network Glenn Beck Show. My first inkling that Judge Napolitano was pro-Constitutional Convention, was at the end of the Glenn Beck show on May 1st, 2009 when Glenn’s audience were tea party attendees from across the nation. At the end of this program, Judge Napolitano stated that we needed a Constitutional Convention to eliminate the 16th amendment (income taxes).

On April 23, 2009, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed piece by Professor Randy Barnett. Barnett is a law professor at Georgetown University, “The Case for a Federalism Amendment: How the Tea Partiers can make Washington Pay Attention.” Judge Napolitano has had Professor Barnett on his program several times to discuss the “necessity” for a Constitutional Convention.

At this point, one must remember that Fox News Channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who in May of 2007 also purchased Dow Jones who also owns The Wall Street Journal. As well, on May 8, 2006, the Financial Times reported that Murdoch would be hosting a fundraiser for Senator Hillary Clinton’s Senate reelection campaign. Murdoch also owns the New York Post and was asked in a 2008 interview with Walt Mossberg if he had anything to do with the New York Post’s endorsement of Barack Obama. Without hesitating, Murdoch replied, “Yeah. He is a rock star. It’s fantastic. I love what he is saying about education……”

On April 27th, Barnett also appeared as a guest on Michael Patrick Leahy’s show on PajamasTV. Michael Patrick Leahy is the co-founder of TCOT (Top Conservatives on Twitter) and through his heavy participation in the Tax Day Party Website as well as being an important organizer of the Tax Day Tea Parties, supports Barnett’s Constitutional Convention project to the hilt.

Professor Barnett has made several appearances on the Glenn Beck TV show in the last several months where he has promoted his con-con project with little or NO contradiction from Beck. How can constitutionalist attorney and judge, Andrew Napolitano vigorously support Barnett’s con-con project? Once again they are using various conservative techniques to draw in the grassroots who are uneducated as to the dangers of a con-con. Judge Napolitano well knows that we don’t need a Constitutional Convention to get rid of the 16th amendment. The 18th amendment prohibition of liquor was repealed in the 21st amendment without a Constitutional Convention.

So, we have Judge Napolitano, Professor Barnett, and the push for the tea parties, organized by Michael Patrick Leahy all appearing on the Fox News Network owned by Rupert Murdoch. Unfortunately, Glenn Beck has never made his anti con-con position known on TV. However, he’s expressed strong opposition in his “Notes From Glenn” at the bottom of an article on www.glennbeck.com, “How to Curtail the Federal Beast,” by Judge Napolitano, dated May 15, 2009. Barnett and Napolitano continue their strong pitches for a con-con on Beck’s show, despite Beck’s written opposition. Glenn Beck has championed so many wonderful exposes’, we need to let him know the devastation of a con-con and his strong opposition to one should be aired on TV and radio!

Waiting in the wings is the New States Constitution the New World Order needs and wants in order to succeed with the fulfillment of their plans. The Ford and Rockefeller tax-free foundations along with others paid 25 million to draw up this new constitution beginning in 1964 at the Center for Democratic Institutions. This model constitution took 10 years to write, and is in its 35th draft, drawing on the efforts of over 100 people. In 1974 an essentially final version was quietly published in a book entitled, “The Emerging Constitution,” by Rexford G. Tugwell (Harper & Row) the man who directed the formulation of the new constitution {See much more about Tugwell below in the book review!}

My prayer is that the grassroots folks who appreciate all that Fox News does to expose graft, corruption and communists in this administration, will become aware that a call for a Constitutional Convention is the total death Nell for America. There is no easy way to retake our beloved constitutional government and get it under control. The key as Jefferson advised in 1820 is the creation of an informed electorate. Freedom loving constitutionalists must rally around our Constitution and continue to take a stand for liberty and freedom.

A copy of the NEW STATES CONSTITUTION may be found here.

Reference:

1- Constitution in Crisis (Revised Edition) by Kenneth C. Hill and Joan Collins, copyright 1994 by Hearthstone Publishing Ltd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (800) 580-2604\
2- Dangers of a Constitutional Convention by Larry Greenley, June 23, 2009, The New American
3- Constitution Threatened by New Constitutional Convention Initiative by Larry Greenley, May 29, 2009, The New American
4- Various news clippings and radio interviews.

© 2009 Kelleigh Nelson – All Rights Reserved

From the only review of “The Emerging Constitution” on Amazon by Larry L. Stage:

The Emerging Constitution is an excellent book, written over 40 years ago, by former New Dealer, Professor Rexford Tugwell. He, Professor Tugwell, favors a new U.S. Constitution–The Newstates Constitution!!

Professor Tugwell was one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “brain trust” that was “created” to end the two Great Depressions — the Hoover Depression of 1929-1932, and the equally severe ROOSEVELT DEPRESSION of 1937-1939.

Tugwell was one who called for, in 1936, for the end of State governments, and instead favored a UNITARY national governmental structure, including GUN CONTROL, and a disarmed populace.
ALSO:
Tugwell favored the a “United States Police Force” to handle ALL local crime, thus over-riding the powers of local State, County, and City police forces.

The Book Review, that I am writing about–’The Emerging Constitution’ is prophetic as we have seen the rise, under both Democratic and Republican Presidents, of the IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY!!

Looking at Tugwell’s book– “The Emerging Constitution”:
Tugwell favor a President, popularly-elected for a 9-Year Term, AND with no term limits. This new “strong-man” President would appoint 75% of the U.S. Senate for his/her 9-year term. (Sounds like the 2008 new Constitution of Myanmar (Burma))

There would be fewer bureucracies, but there would be SIX, not just three, BRANCHES of the Federal government.

A. The Executive Branch–’The Presidency’. In effect, a tightly-controlling Super-President

B. The Legislative Branch–the Presidentially-appointed Senate, and a House of Representatives made up 400-600 Congresspersons elected AT LARGE–by a controlled popular-electorate –whose qualifications to vote and run for Office, would be controlled by a National Court of Rights and Responsibilities, and 10-15 Regional Newstates Courts of Rights and Responsibities.
Citizenship Rights would be under constant “review”, also, in terms of participation of a REGULATED voting citizenry, ALSO under review by “Courts of Rights and Responsbility” on a citizen-by-citizen “case review”.
As was stated earlier in this book review, the President– actually the new and more powerful Super-President would APPOINT 75% of the United States Senate–FOR LIFE–without a popular vote, and the Super-President would have the power to hire-and-fire members of this new Presidentially-controlled Senate.

C. The Judical Branch, with a Super-Chief Justice with “special powers”. The Chief-Principle or Super-Chief Justice would have the Power to Issue Pardons, like the new Super-President, but only after “consultation” with the Super-President. The Super-Chief Justice could be dismissed without any Congressional “over-sight”, by the National-State Super-President.

D. The Planning Branch—with 3, 6, 9, and 12 year National Economic Plans—similar to the 4-Year Plan of 1936 Germany, and the now- defunct Soviet Russian 5, 7, and 10 years plans.
The Tugwell proposals are nothing less than nationally-planned national-state corporatism over businesses, corporations, and conglomerates.
Unions would be controlled also, to “merge” with the National-State economic 3, 6, 9, and 12 year plans, similar to fascist and communist “labor fronts”.

E. The Regulatory Branch—-A SUPER PLANNING and CONTROL “agency” working “in concert” with the Planning Branch, on National-State, Newstates, and Local-County bureaucratic regulations, fulfill the “goals” of the 3, 6, 9, and 12 year economic plans.

F. The Electoral Branch—-TO “supervise” National and State Elections. National and State political partieswould be “under review” to “determine” if any political party did not measure-up to national standards of the number of votes earned in any National-State or Newstates elections.

In Tugwell’s book, there would not be 50 States, but 10-to-13 super-states, called NEWSTATES!! Corporate-Statism to cut down on 50 small state bureaucracies, to instead be with the National-State Government in controlling costs through “consolidation” of State-Power.

Ironically, Venezuela’s strong-man “president”, Hugo Chavez is using almost the same schema to create fourteen Presidentially-appointed “regional vice-presidents” to “over-ride” the power of Venezuela’s 37 State-provinces–which were ELECTED by the People by Secret Ballot.

This book, Tugwell’s ‘The Emerging Consitution’, that would totally scrap most of the Bill of Rights guaranteed of/by the present circa-1787 U.S. Constitution, would do so by declaring “states of national emergencies”, and to “temporarily-suspend” the “rights-granted” under the Newstates Constitution. (The 1866 Ex-Parte Milligan decision of the U.S. Supreme Court would be “reviewed”, and probably be scapped, as would the safe-guards of Posse Committaus).

The would be “The National Sharing Fund”–if you will a National Sales Income Tax—1% and 2% on most Individuals and Families, and 5% on the “wealthy”–whatever the Super-President decides, and the new Super-President could lower and raise taxes WITHOUT going through the new Super-Congress–by using the powers to declare by himself/herself– “states of national emergencies”, and without Congressional/Senatorial ‘over-sight’.

This book, Tugwell, sounds good to many fed up with “divided government”, but it should warn people that “absolutio et absolutium est”–or about “absolute power tends to corrupt-absolutely”.

I would still recommend this book! {I have purchased copy.}

Why? The Imperial Presidency is growing, and not declining, in power. Since 9-11-2001, the Office of the President has NEW emergency powers that could be easily abused in a “state of national emergency”.

FREEDOM has to be earned and protected.

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!!

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