I read through all of thoise proposals and the comments. I liked it.

One area that seemed to be missing and which has been a source of a lot of potential mischief is limitations on Treaty Powers. Here is the comment I left at their site:

message: Limitations on treaties and globalism: Treaties, when ratified by Congress, effectively become part of the Constitution. A major threat to freedom, Federalism and individual liberty is the ratification of treaties that nullify our rights. For example, there are various proposed treaties that would: a)regulate firearms at the international level severely damaging 2nd Amendment Rights; b)regulate carbon emmissions giving the Federal government sweeping new powers over states and perhaps even authorizing global (international) taxes (taxation without representation anybody); c)impose “free-trade” requirements that would be like the Commerce Clause on steroids; d)subject States to rulings by unconstitutional World Courts such as in the recent Texas death penalty case of a Mexican national. All manner of mischief is possible through the Treaty making powers which effectively allow the President and 2/3rds of the Senate to modify the Constitution without going through the regular Amendment Process. The ability of Treaty Making Powers to supercede states rights or individual rights should be restricted.

* Article of Amendment 1: [Limits on Federal Power]
* Article of Amendment 2: [Unfunded Mandates and Conditions on Spending]
* Article of Amendment 3: [Reserved Powers of States]
* Article of Amendment 4: [Recision Power of States]
* Article of Amendment 5: [No Federal Death Tax]
* Article of Amendment 6: [No Federal Income Tax]
* Article of Amendment 7: [Term Limits for U.S. Senators and Representatives]
* Article of Amendment 8: [Balanced Budget Veto]
* Article of Amendment 9: [Protection of the Rights Retained by the People]
* Article of Amendment 10: [No Judicial Alteration of the Constitution]

How is any of this NOT embodied by the Tenth Amendment?

To get rid of the Federal Income Tax, repeal the Sixteenth Amendment.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

2/3 required to introduce the amendment. 3/4 of the states required to ratify it. That’s what stopped the Equal Rights Amendment, but oddly enough the courts implemented everything the ERA asked for anyway. See gay marriage for proof. That’s why the whole thing doesn’t need to be ratified to become effective, at least if you have the courts on your side.

Remember that there is a big difference between introduced and passed. But at this point, creating a ground-up movement in support of it can hardly hurt, and since our “leaders” seem to have no idea what they are doing, it’s up to us to push this sort of thing.

Sir, I applaud you! Highly recommended.