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I am trying to organize groups in all states to support our state legislators. I have Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, and Virginia so far. Last October I phoned all 50 state legislative leadership offices. Not many could tell me what the 17th amendment was. Very few knew that the state legislatures once selected their state's US Senators and hadn't thought about the ramifications of that power and absolutely no one knew that an Article V convention called by just the states to bypass Congress to amend the US Constitution was possible. So our job is clear, educate people what happened back in 1866 and again in 1913, put pressure on our State legislatures to pass this Article V convention and then send the entire US Senate packing.

Two points 1) The Nation magazine is the longest running subscription magazine. It is Progressive, it has been subsidized beyond the subscription fee (shows that there is a hidden agenda) and it began in 1865. Coincidentally on July 25 1866 Congress passed a law that changed the manner and time of State Legislature's appointment of US Senators. Before this 1866 law, there were 2 delays in appointment of US Senator, 1 allegation of corruption, and no failures to appoint US Senators during the term. This 1866 law caused the process to be exposed to stalemates. After the 1866 law there were 71 delays, 17 failures to appoint US Senator during their entire term, and 14 allegations of corruption due to bribery. Everyone, including the states, were frustrated with this new law but instead of nullifying the law, congress called to take away this power from the states. The progressives were indeed involved in this process. If you check the facts, everything I have said is true which makes one conclude that the 17th amendment was passed in error because of a law passed in 1866 that was designed to cause stalemates, frustration, and lead to permanent change of our federal system. This information was originally published in a book by Ralph Rossum titled "Federalism, The Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment"
2) An Article V convention is a process our founders left for us in the US Constitution to help us get out of a situation such as we are in now where Congress is too powerful and not willing to police itself. Here is how it works: our state legislators (all 7000 of them nationwide) need to be given support by their constituents to call for this Article V convention. If 34 states call for this then a US Constitutional Convention automatically is organized. It has never been done before in our 234 year history so no one is sure how it will proceed but this is what I believe is supposed to happen according to the constitution. When Congress proposes an Amendment by 2/3 majority in both the House and the Senate, a ratifying convention is called so the states can consider and vote on the amendment. Congress chooses whether it is to be voted on by state convention or state legislature. When the states call for a US Constitutional convention, it has to be approved by 34 states with the exact wording. If the wording includes that this convention is called for the specific purpose of repealing the 17th amendment then any amendments considered during this convention other than the repeal of the 17th would not have great support and would certainly not be ratified by 38 states. So this State called US Constitutional Convention is by design a very safe vehicle to use and most certainly more safe then traveling down the path we have been going down. The beauty of an Article V convention is that Congress is powerless to stop it and it will result in the states regaining their original US Constitutional power. Both democratic and republican states stand to benefit from this process so I think it has a chance to succeed. Please join our group Saving our republic http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=...

The point that the woman was making was that Healthcare could not be a right because to do so would compel slavery. She is right that because it is in direct conflict with the 13th amendment it would make it unconstitutional. She touched on another good point that the states are to absorb all other rights beyond the 18 enumerated rights of the National government spelled out in Article 1 Section 8. Rep. Stark however was right when he said that there is no limit in the US Constitution (unless they infringe on the text of the US Constitution or amendments) on the power of the National government to tell us what to do. Here is why that is so. Our founders left the US Constitution vague on purpose so that the government could adapt to changing times. It is an extremely short document based on principles. One of the genius designs of the US Constitution is the elastic clause which is the 18th enumerated right (Article 1 section8). This allows the National government to do anything that is "NECESSARY AND PROPER" to accomplish it's other 17 duties. The founders NEVER worried about this leading to National tyranny because they set up our Federal system in such a way that the State's ability to appoint US Senators would prevent the National government from abusing this 18th (necessary and proper) clause. But guess what, the 17th amendment did away with that extremely important check and balance that the states had on the National government. If you check history, we started this slide toward socialism right after the 17th amendment was passed in 1913. The pendulum would swing back and forth between the Democrats and Republicans, each party taking turns stealing power from the states. Until we are where we are. So as sad as I am to say it, Rep Stark is right. The only chance we have is to use Article V of the US Constitution which gives the State legislatures the right to call for a US Constitutional convention to repeal the 17th amendment without the interference or help from Congress. The states have never done this before in our 234 year history. As a matter of fact the state legislature's leadership offices don't even know they have this right. We need to support our 7000 state legislators across this fine country to call for a US Constitutional convention to repeal the 17th amendment
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