I urge you to oppose SP 9, which will change the requirement for approving resolutions applying for an Article V Con-Con from a two-thirds majority to a simple majority. I don't care what specific changes to our Constitution any Con-Con resolution calls for -- a Con-Con is a dangerous idea that could lead to unintended and harmful consequences. The solution is to enforce the Constitution through Article VI and the 10th Amendment, not to change it. Please oppose and vote against SP 9.

Please keep the 2/3rds majority requirement for passing resolutions applying for an Article V convention. A convention is a Pandora's Box that threatens one of the greatest documents in history (the U.S. Constitution). Furthermore, our country is severely divided, and changing our most important national document could lead to massive unrest. James Madison made this point in a 1788 letter to George Lee Turberville. Among other noteworthy statements, he said: "[A] General Convention ... would consequently give greater agitation to the public mind; an election into it would be courted by the most violent partizans [sic] on both sides." Please abide by the state constitution, and keep the 2/3rds majority requirement for passing Article V convention resolutions.

I strongly request that you respect and protect the U.S. Constitution by opposing SP 9 and keeping the 2/3rds majority requirement for Article V Con-Con applications. Our Constitution is one of the few things that unites us. After all, it's been the law of the land longer than any other national constitution. Changing it will be very damaging and risk abandoning the principles that made our country great. Our founding fathers, including George Washington (in a 1788 letter to Richard Peters) and James Madison (in a 1788 letter to George Lee Turberville) opposed a second constitutional convention as it would divide the country and cause instability. More recently, the late Justice Antonin Scalia (in 2014 and 2015 interviews) expressed opposition. We don't even need an Article V convention to solve the problems facing our country. Many problems aren't because of "flaws" with our 230+-year-old constitution, but rather the fact that we haven't been following it consistently. In this case, please take a look at Article VI, which provides for the nullification of unconstitutional laws, rather than Article V. Please oppose SP 9, and keep the 2/3rds majority requirement for passing Article V Con-Con applications.

Please oppose SP 9, and don't change the Joint Rules, especially the stipulation that application resolutions for an Article V convention be passed with a 2/3rds majority. An Article V convention (or "Con-Con") is unnecessary and will do harm to the U.S. Constitution. It is unnecessary because almost every problem or issue these applications seek to solve actually exist because we haven't been properly abiding by the Constitution -- not because of problems with the Constitution itself. A Con-Con is harmful because they could lead to damaging changes to the Constitution, such as those removing protections to our God-given freedoms, that Con-Con proponents did not intend. The risk of an "out-of-control" convention has historical precedent. The 1787 constitutional convention actually began as a "limited" convention to amend the Articles of Confederation. That convention produced a high-quality document, but we live in too divided of a time to draft a constitution equal to or superior to our current one. Accordingly, please oppose SP 9, and don't change the legislative rules to a simple majority. Keep it at 2/3rds.

I urge you to oppose and vote against SP 9. Instead, keep the two-thirds majority requirement for passing resolutions applying for an Article V convention. The very premise behind an Article V convention is false -- it's that there are "problems" with the U.S. Constitution that can only be fixed by changing it. This isn't true -- rather, the problem is that we haven't actually been following the Constitution. The solution is to start abiding by the Constitution. I urge you to nullify every law that violates the Constitution. This is a much safer and appropriate place to start, rather than changing the Constitution. Accordingly, please oppose and vote against SP 9.