Montana State Senator Scott Sales Dismantles Meckler and COS
Montana State Senator Scott Sales dismantled the Convention of States (COS) talking points as he first questions the Senate sponsor of SJ 7 and then the COS co-founder, Mark Meckler. Then the committee voted it down.
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COS is an application for an Article V constitutional convention (con-con). The stated purpose is to “impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.”
But numerous law professors, constitutional scholars and judges have warned about the dangers of a modern convention, the damage it could do to our Constitution and Bill of Rights, there would be no way to control it, the convention would set its own agenda and could even change the rules for ratification.
Senator Sales also upset Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a possible 2016 Republican presidential contender, during a recent tour of state legislatures across the West to drum up support for a con-con to modify the U.S. Constitution to include a balanced budget amendment.
The Kasich stop in Helena didn’t turn out so well when Senator Sales challenged Kasich on the Ohio governor’s support for Medicaid expansion. This put the governor on the defense trying to explain how he can support both the expansion of big government and a balanced budget. Sounds like a con job that needs to be exposed.