I was recently watching a re-run of the show S.W.A.T.; the original TV show. The task they were assign with was to guard a candidate like Trump; maybe smarter than Trump. The last two lines in this episode were; One asks: "Do you think that anyone like him could go all the way? Answer: Only if no one is paying attention."
The delegates could be unelected and unaccountable because there are no rules for a convention in the Constitution. There’s nothing to stop them from trying to shred our First Amendment protections, gut environmental regulations, and roll back civil rights advances.
Well, sadly when it comes to MAGA and their 'leader' there has not been any accountability even for illegal actions. Shameful how low we have fallen.@travisprice1325
I'm wondering then, can they choose delegates from just any bunch of folks that are on board with a whites-only mindset, or are members of any sort of white supremacy group? And gawd knows, there are plenty of idiot MAGAts that would be pleased as pinch to represent their state as a delegate in a constitutional convention! If there are no clear cut outlines as to how and whom states choose delegates, this could turn into a free for all for special interests groups, lobbyists with agendas to push, white supremacists, etc etc. It's as if all sense and sensibility and civility has fled this nation and left behind a Wild West sort of citizenry and leadership alike, idiots with only selfish, greedy, hateful ideals and goals....and everyone and everything be damned if it gets in their way! It's appalling, and while I've been appalled by the behavior of my nation, it's history, and many things I've seen in my 60 yeaes of life, I don't believe anything I've ever seen yet has been quite as appalling, frightening, and mournful as what we are witnessing happening right now, in real time, before our very eyes. And you know, we certainly may have helped to fight fascism and hatred in Europe, and we may have had a hand in the liberation, but I truly wonder.... WHO is going to bother to come to our aid, internationally, while we sit and allow this menace to continue and to grow? Who? I don't believe ANY nation would help us fight in a resistance or rebellion. I believe they will all sit back, laugh, and believe that we deserve what we're getting. That's a really sad thought to have, and not one I ever thought in my life I would ponder.
Like i needed more reasons to stay awake at night. Thank you for highlighting this possibility of an end run around the “well known” method of amending the constitution. Very frightening
Important to note that, while a constitutional convention "only" requires 2/3 of the state legislatures to call for one, it still requires 3/4 to ratify. Article V conventions are just an alternative to Congress for proposing amendments.
This is the only real stopgap left right now. That's why Republicans are so hot on gerrymandering to get more states under their control. And now they've begun passing laws in states who've chosen Democratic leadership to strip the governor of power and reassign powers to Republican offices that have nothing to do with them. They know they're losing the people's support and running scared and turning to every cheat they can concoct to stay in power.
@@praymunread9985 I'm not saying there isn't a reason to be concerned about an Article V convention, just that there's another step that has to occur before any amendments become the law of the land (and that it's a higher bar to clear than getting a constitutional convention together in the first place). Also important to keep in mind that the parties aren't always of one mind on things, even (or especially) at the state level. Case in point: the Ken Paxton (TX AG) impeachment attempt.
Thank you, Vic. I did not fully understand the process any longer. Fourty years out of school is a long time. I think I need to hit some Civics and Government texts again.
Thank you, sir. I thought I knew my civics, but did not know of this other way to change the Constitution. Knowledge is power, so I am grateful for this boost in my power as a citizen. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Here is something you can do. Protect medical rights…jury nullification…. Stop shopping in stores that supported rump roast. Pass ideas on. Don’t buy papers that are giving fund for inaugural celebration and don’t watch the swearing in and don’t go. Rump roast will hate if he gets the lowest rating ever.
I have never been happier to not be living in the states right now. In fact, I’m feeling like Canada is way too close. But if the US goes down, there’s no where in the world that will be safe.
I’m with you on that, been living in Canada 41 years since my Canadian mother brought me here. It’s got its issues but it doesn’t have a felon elected as the top turd.
We are closer than 19 states. Several OTHER states have calls in their history that have never been closed. In my state, still on the books, there is a 1931 resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention to repeal prohibition. Still on the books. (New York Rescinded theirs last spring) Because the Constitution says so little about it, there are fears forces could use decades old resolutions and convene a rogue convention bent on tearing it all down.
Geena Davis: "Be afraid, be very afraid."#TheFly Vic Meyers: "She was right, and this is why." Vic, you're sounding the alarm, I just hope that the like-minded people in those red states are not only paying attention, but are going to act. I live in a blue state, but that won't stop me from reaching out to my Senators and Representatives to prepare for what may come. Forewarned is forearmed. It's a shame that so many people voted against their own best interests just because they wanted to punish people who don't look like them.
I usually agree with everything you say. However, I think you need to clarify why Birthright Citizenship, as it stands today, should not be changed. I lived in Turkey for a few years and was astonished to meet people who traveled to the US just to give birth so their children would be US citizens. I didn't believe that was how it worked then, and now I find it strange people can actually do it. I just received my Belgian citizenship but had live here and pay taxes for 5 years and demonstrate I was integrated.
Birthright citizenship is not US Citizenship, its State citizenship. A US Citizen is a citizen of the District of Columbia. There are two kinds and much confusion around it. You see there are 50 countries or nation states that make up the federated union called the United States of America. All of these States have their own constitutions.
The democrats want birthright citizenship because they think it’s good for them electorally. If everyone having anchor babies was Cuban, who tend to vote R, they would hate it.
@@QueenLadySummer329 The bible tells us we must overcome the deception. In the the legal world, world does not mean earth, it means Roman jurisdiction. "I am not of this world" talking to a Roman...
It took years for some of the states to get around to voting whether or not to ratify the ERA, and because there was a sunset provision built into the original amendment, by the time some of the states voted on it, the amendment had expired
I'm curious to hear your reasoning. Personally I think it might be a good idea. IMO the USC needs a serious overhaul. Questions regarding the Supreme Court, the Electoral College spring to mind as well as voting rights, reproductive rights, prohibiting corporate personhood and a redesign of the Congress itself eliminating the office of Senator, need to be thoroughly discussed. The main reason to fear such a convention is that the Democratic Party are completely unprepared for it while the GOP, as you pointed out, have been preparing for it.
Yes I agree. While I dislike MAGA and their tactics, there are some points as you mentioned that I feel are outdated or used in an unintended way. But for sure the dems need to be more proactive than just blindly resisting everything.
As you rightly point out, there is a big need for reform throughout. This has grown substantially over my lifetime and has been accelerating recently. However, the far right has been planning for and working towards a CC about as long as I remember. They don’t want reform that preserves the core principles and structures, they want to tear it all down and start over from scratch, their way or the highway. The left/dems are too disorganized even now to be an effective balance.
Do not fear because the people of God dwell among you. “But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.” Isaiah 41:8-16 KJV
@@PapaRich3165 MAGA, via constitutional convention, drafting a new constitution based on project 2025 would be worse. It would last much longer than trump.
You are very misleading on the issue of natural citizenship. In Russia at least one parent has to be a Russian citizen for the baby to be a Russian citizen. Shame on you.
Great series, Vic
Yeah, the Tea Party and the Young Guns where all this crap started.
I was recently watching a re-run of the show S.W.A.T.; the original TV show. The task they were assign with was to guard a candidate like Trump; maybe smarter than Trump. The last two lines in this episode were; One asks: "Do you think that anyone like him could go all the way? Answer: Only if no one is paying attention."
Wow. This was chilling to read. Thank you for sharing it.
The delegates could be unelected and unaccountable because there are no rules for a convention in the Constitution. There’s nothing to stop them from trying to shred our First Amendment protections, gut environmental regulations, and roll back civil rights advances.
There's always accountability. You just have to be willing to enforce it.
If there is always accountability why is trump voted into the presidency instead of paying for the crimes he committed@travisprice1325
Well, sadly when it comes to MAGA and their 'leader' there has not been any accountability even for illegal actions. Shameful how low we have fallen.@travisprice1325
Most important, take your rights to vote
I'm wondering then, can they choose delegates from just any bunch of folks that are on board with a whites-only mindset, or are members of any sort of white supremacy group? And gawd knows, there are plenty of idiot MAGAts that would be pleased as pinch to represent their state as a delegate in a constitutional convention!
If there are no clear cut outlines as to how and whom states choose delegates, this could turn into a free for all for special interests groups, lobbyists with agendas to push, white supremacists, etc etc.
It's as if all sense and sensibility and civility has fled this nation and left behind a Wild West sort of citizenry and leadership alike, idiots with only selfish, greedy, hateful ideals and goals....and everyone and everything be damned if it gets in their way!
It's appalling, and while I've been appalled by the behavior of my nation, it's history, and many things I've seen in my 60 yeaes of life, I don't believe anything I've ever seen yet has been quite as appalling, frightening, and mournful as what we are witnessing happening right now, in real time, before our very eyes.
And you know, we certainly may have helped to fight fascism and hatred in Europe, and we may have had a hand in the liberation, but I truly wonder....
WHO is going to bother to come to our aid, internationally, while we sit and allow this menace to continue and to grow?
Who?
I don't believe ANY nation would help us fight in a resistance or rebellion.
I believe they will all sit back, laugh, and believe that we deserve what we're getting.
That's a really sad thought to have, and not one I ever thought in my life I would ponder.
Going in reverse faster than back to the Future
Touche!
Like i needed more reasons to stay awake at night. Thank you for highlighting this possibility of an end run around the “well known” method of amending the constitution. Very frightening
Important to note that, while a constitutional convention "only" requires 2/3 of the state legislatures to call for one, it still requires 3/4 to ratify. Article V conventions are just an alternative to Congress for proposing amendments.
This is the only real stopgap left right now. That's why Republicans are so hot on gerrymandering to get more states under their control. And now they've begun passing laws in states who've chosen Democratic leadership to strip the governor of power and reassign powers to Republican offices that have nothing to do with them. They know they're losing the people's support and running scared and turning to every cheat they can concoct to stay in power.
We have to consider those who will "change" their parties...
@@praymunread9985 I'm not saying there isn't a reason to be concerned about an Article V convention, just that there's another step that has to occur before any amendments become the law of the land (and that it's a higher bar to clear than getting a constitutional convention together in the first place).
Also important to keep in mind that the parties aren't always of one mind on things, even (or especially) at the state level. Case in point: the Ken Paxton (TX AG) impeachment attempt.
Were we not told on Fox entertainment " this will be bloodless if you just let us have our way" project 25 spokesman.
Thank you, Vic. I did not fully understand the process any longer. Fourty years out of school is a long time. I think I need to hit some Civics and Government texts again.
Kids today have never seen a text on civics or gov't. That's on purpose.
Along with trying to stop a convention
think about how to win a convention
Thank you for your educational input, Vic! You have definitely been doing your homework!! Great series!!👍
Thank you, sir. I thought I knew my civics, but did not know of this other way to change the Constitution. Knowledge is power, so I am grateful for this boost in my power as a citizen. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Here is something you can do. Protect medical rights…jury nullification…. Stop shopping in stores that supported rump roast. Pass ideas on. Don’t buy papers that are giving fund for inaugural celebration and don’t watch the swearing in and don’t go. Rump roast will hate if he gets the lowest rating ever.
I have never been happier to not be living in the states right now. In fact, I’m feeling like Canada is way too close. But if the US goes down, there’s no where in the world that will be safe.
I’m with you on that, been living in Canada 41 years since my Canadian mother brought me here. It’s got its issues but it doesn’t have a felon elected as the top turd.
Thank you Vic 💙 🇺🇲
So, the cold civil war has another front.
Vic, most Americans don't have enough about the constitution or are downright ignorant...we are in serious trouble!!!
Good evening to the Resistance!
Awesome series Vic!
Very informative. I am a new subscriber. Delighted with the details of information we get.
That thumbnail is straight gunslinger coded! And hey do we have a left version of Heritage?💙🇺🇸
@@RebelBase1 unfortunately I don't believe we do
@ We might have to work on that.
The inhabited territories should be states or independent.
Hugs and prayers from germany 🤗🙏😇
We are closer than 19 states. Several OTHER states have calls in their history that have never been closed.
In my state, still on the books, there is a 1931 resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention to repeal prohibition.
Still on the books. (New York Rescinded theirs last spring)
Because the Constitution says so little about it, there are fears forces could use decades old resolutions and convene a rogue convention bent on tearing it all down.
And they wouldn't think twice about it😢
Thank you.
This is all to dam close.
Very Good ...Vic
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There's that plant from hell in the background again. Lets just call it Trumpcholla.
That's a Trumping Cholla
A Con Convention? All goes up for grabs.
Absolutely.
Geena Davis: "Be afraid, be very afraid."#TheFly
Vic Meyers: "She was right, and this is why."
Vic, you're sounding the alarm, I just hope that the like-minded people in those red states are not only paying attention, but are going to act. I live in a blue state, but that won't stop me from reaching out to my Senators and Representatives to prepare for what may come. Forewarned is forearmed.
It's a shame that so many people voted against their own best interests just because they wanted to punish people who don't look like them.
And those cheap eggs..
The expression from my youth for this type of behavior is "cutting off your own nose to spite your face".
@@bikerhighmiler8998it was never about the economy. It's always been about power and subjugation.
Thanks, Vic!🫡💙
Good morning Vic.
💙🔥💙
Over from tick tock ..thanks Vic
Good info!
I usually agree with everything you say. However, I think you need to clarify why Birthright Citizenship, as it stands today, should not be changed. I lived in Turkey for a few years and was astonished to meet people who traveled to the US just to give birth so their children would be US citizens. I didn't believe that was how it worked then, and now I find it strange people can actually do it. I just received my Belgian citizenship but had live here and pay taxes for 5 years and demonstrate I was integrated.
Birthright citizenship is not US Citizenship, its State citizenship. A US Citizen is a citizen of the District of Columbia. There are two kinds and much confusion around it. You see there are 50 countries or nation states that make up the federated union called the United States of America. All of these States have their own constitutions.
The democrats want birthright citizenship because they think it’s good for them electorally. If everyone having anchor babies was Cuban, who tend to vote R, they would hate it.
Democrats think birthright citizenship is good for them electorally. That’s it.
Honestly, God determined the places where people could live and not man. The land was an inheritance for the people He created the earth for.
@@QueenLadySummer329 The bible tells us we must overcome the deception. In the the legal world, world does not mean earth, it means Roman jurisdiction. "I am not of this world" talking to a Roman...
This reminds me of "Government" class back in high school (class of '72). Do they even teach Civics anymore?
No - well, not that I know of.
So, what is the alternative? How do we combat it?
Concons can be dangerous.
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ERA sad face
😢very
It took years for some of the states to get around to voting whether or not to ratify the ERA, and because there was a sunset provision built into the original amendment, by the time some of the states voted on it, the amendment had expired
I am very afraid...
😢
I'm curious to hear your reasoning. Personally I think it might be a good idea. IMO the USC needs a serious overhaul. Questions regarding the Supreme Court, the Electoral College spring to mind as well as voting rights, reproductive rights, prohibiting corporate personhood and a redesign of the Congress itself eliminating the office of Senator, need to be thoroughly discussed. The main reason to fear such a convention is that the Democratic Party are completely unprepared for it while the GOP, as you pointed out, have been preparing for it.
Yes I agree. While I dislike MAGA and their tactics, there are some points as you mentioned that I feel are outdated or used in an unintended way. But for sure the dems need to be more proactive than just blindly resisting everything.
As you rightly point out, there is a big need for reform throughout. This has grown substantially over my lifetime and has been accelerating recently. However, the far right has been planning for and working towards a CC about as long as I remember. They don’t want reform that preserves the core principles and structures, they want to tear it all down and start over from scratch, their way or the highway. The left/dems are too disorganized even now to be an effective balance.
Do not fear because the people of God dwell among you.
“But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 41:8-16 KJV
Meanwhile, back in the real world, we'd better take a lot of notice of what Vic Meyers is warning us about.
There are worse things than DJT.
Convince me
@@PapaRich3165 MAGA, via constitutional convention, drafting a new constitution based on project 2025 would be worse. It would last much longer than trump.
@@dianne5086 I guess I put that all under djt.
You are very misleading on the issue of natural citizenship. In Russia at least one parent has to be a Russian citizen for the baby to be a Russian citizen. Shame on you.