Repeal Amendment: Giving Back The Power Back To The States

I agree with this amendment. This should be the forefront of the tenther movement but the 2/3 requirement is to high. It should be 3/5 (or 1/2) because it is a reachable number.

There is a whole host of laws that we can repeal from the state legislatures such as the income tax, grope and scan TSA, FDA, FCC, and so on. We can recall federal judges since those are created by legislation. This would definately create a more balanced power ratio between the states and federal government.

Tommy

It would be very difficult to turn an Article V convention into a full re-write of the Constitution (Constitutional Convention) since 2/3 of the states would have to propose it and 3/4 of the states would have to approve it.

I also disagree with you that the states would be interfering where they have no business; the states are empowered by the 10th Amendment to delegate issues not enumerated to the federal government. In my opinion, the states definitely should be in control of issues such as health care, immigration, environmental regulations and education, to name a few, as they affect us all on the local level. And it is much easier for an average citizen to gain access to and control the direction of their state legislature than it is to make any serious change in DC where special interests can and do influence elections for federal offices.

The Repeal Amendment is not the perfect solution but it would give more ammo to the states than the current system where a state attempts to take on the federal government only to be shot down in the federal courts. The Repeal Amendment is just a small step in leveling the playing field when it comes to the rights of the states.

Additionally, this gives all the cronies in Washington an out: they will vote for this legislation and then be branded as tea party conservatives? Additionally, this is a constitutional convention.. last time we did this, we abolished the original constitution (Articles of Confederation) and replaced them. There are no rules for how this is to be governed. This is a really bad idea. This isn't about restoring power to the states, this is about the states interfering in a realm they have no business dealing with, and stick to the closer at home issues instead. Why wait 30 years to maybe get 2/3's of the states to agree, when you can just vote them all out every 6 years? Why not focus on that instead?

But I see two problems with this approach. One is that it would be nearly impossible to get two-thirds of the states to agree to repeal any congressional legislation especially with the hyper-partisan politics we have today. And second, it gives legitimacy to unconstitutional legislation. I prefer individual states nullifying when they know Congress has exceeded the scope of power granted to them.