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Our Convention of States movement has been honored with support from many modern leaders, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Mark Levin, Ben Carson, Michelle Malkin, and Ben Shapiro.
But did you know there is also an impressive list of historic American statesmen who favored the calling of an Article V Convention of States?
Ronald Reagan
"It is clear that we must rely on the states to force Congress to act. . . Fortunately, our Nation’s Founders gave us the means to amend the Constitution through action of state legislatures..."
Antonin Scalia
"The one remedy specifically provided for in the Constitution is the amendment process that bypasses the Congress. I would like to see that amendment process used."
Abraham Lincoln
"The convention mode [of proposing amendments] seems preferable in that it allows the amendments to originate with the people themselves..."
Thomas Jefferson
"The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union, assembled by their deputies in convention, at the call of Congress, or of two-thirds of the States."
Dwight Eisenhower
"Through their state legislatures and without regard to the federal government, the people can...adopt such amendments as will reverse any trends they see as fatal to true representative government. If you and your generation...with the spirit of our founders, decide that reformation of a radical kind becomes due - then I say, let nothing stop you!"
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