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Old 04-02-2009, 12:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Originally Posted by Terrell View Post
Would be nice, but I doubt that Congress would ever give us 2/3 of both houses. About the only way this becomes an amendment, in my opinion, is through a Constitutional Convention, problem with such an option, is that no telling what we'd also get via a convention.
getting congress and the senate to agree to limit their power is the biggest hurdle. what would have to be done is to find enough people in each state with a particular interest of theirs that is hampered by a federal law using the commerce clause and show them how this amendment would improve their interest.
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