I urge you to support and enact HJR 230, which would rescind all of Connecticut's existing applications for a constitutional convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. I don't care what specific changes to our Constitution these applications call for -- a Con-Con is a dangerous idea that could lead to unintended and harmful consequences. The solution is to enforce the Constitution, not to change it. Here are some irrefutable facts about an Article V convention for proposing amendments: 1. There is no constitutional authority for a limited convention. 2. There is no guidance on how delegates would be selected. 3. There is no guidance on who could qualify as a delegate. 4. There is no guidance on how many delegates each state could send. 5. There is no provision for stopping a runaway convention. 6. There is no provision for how rules would be established. 7. There is no provision for how rules would be enforced. 8. There is no role provided for the people to play in the process. 9. There is no power provided for the people to stop a convention once it starts. Please support and enact HJR 230 to revoke those dangerous Con-Con applications.

I implore you to support HJR 230 to rescind all existing Article V applications for a constitutional convention (Con-Con). A Con-Con is an unnecessary and dangerous idea. There's a reason why our Constitution has been the supreme law of the land for well over 200 years. It is one of the greatest documents ever created and strongly protects individual freedom. Why should we change it? Any perceived problems with it stem from a lack of enforcement, rather than problems with the Constitution itself. Please enact HJR 230 to rescind all applications.

I strongly request that you enact HJR 230, which would rescind all previously-passed Article V Con-Con applications for amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Applications for an Article V Con-Con could be used to pass unrelated constitutional amendments. We're playing with fire by sending these applications to Congress, and we must rescind them by enacting HJR 230. Please enact HJR 230, and work to rescind every Con-Con application.

Please support and pass HJR 230 in order to stop an Article V Con-Con from ever happening. This process is extremely risky and could give us a completely new Constitution. With such risk, we must rescind every Con-Con application. Here are five facts about how a runaway convention is a real threat with historical precedent: 1. Historical evidence such as The Federalist, No. 40, debunks claims that a runaway convention is unfounded; such an event has already occurred in history. James Madison himself acknowledged in Federalist 40 that the 1787 Constitutional Convention overstepped its mandate, creating a new Constitution and form of government. 2. Today's potential delegates could use their influence to push personal agendas, far from the original intention of the proposed constitutional amendment. 3. Today's political climate -- rife with corruption, cronyism, and political factions -- heightens the risk of a convention being manipulated by special interests and wealthy and influential individuals. 4. Given the scarcity of true constitutionalists in state leadership, there's a significant risk regarding who would be chosen to amend the Constitution, and the irreversible damage they could inflict on both the Constitution and civil liberties. 5. Those selling a convention claim that corrupt politicians and politically-powerful people are at the heart of the tyrannical tack of the federal government, yet they deny that such corruption would have any sort of effect on a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution. Thus, please support HJR 230 to stop any Article V constitutional convention from occurring, and enforce the Constitution instead.

I urge you to rescind (i.e., revoke) all Article V constitutional convention applications by supporting and passing HJR 230. This legislation (HJR 230) is important because the various Article V applications previously passed by the Legislative Assembly could be used to enact totally-unrelated constitutional amendments. Please consider the following well-accepted points about the problems with an Article V convention: 1. There is no description of the ratification conventions Congress could choose to call. 2. There are no rules governing the ratification conventions Congress could choose to call. 3. There is no means provided for either the states or the people to challenge Congress's choice of the method of ratification. 4. There is no test provided for a qualifying application submitted by a state. 5. The acceptance by one Congress of a state application for a convention does not bind subsequent Congresses from accepting that application. 6. Application for a convention submitted by one state legislature does not prevent subsequent state legislatures from revoking the previous application. 7. All these issues would be challenged in court and would take years to be decided. 8. The issues to be addressed at a convention to propose amendments would likely be moot by the time the challenges reached the U.S. Supreme Court for final adjudication. 9. If 100 percent of registered voters opposed an amendment proposed by a convention, but the requisite number of state legislatures or ratifying convention (according to the process determined by Congress for consideration of proposed amendments) then that amendment would become part of the Constitution regardless of the will of the people. 10. The same scenario is true of a proposed amendment was approved by 100 percent of registered voters but rejected by the ratification conventions or state legislatures (according to the process determined by Congress for consideration of proposed amendments). It is far preferable to enforce the Constitution as already-written than attempt a risky convention that could lead to unintended changes. Please support HJR 230, and rescind all Article V convention applications.