How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
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A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.
Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states
* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments
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Trump 2.0 will further divide U.S.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/donald-trump-states-rights-270314
* conservative obsession w. “states’ rights” to have wide-ranging effects
* public health to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination
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MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document
* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue
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Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028
* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution
Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud
Trump 2028: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028
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Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
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U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264
* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
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[book] Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235
Farming Out Enforcement to Culture Warriors
New book looks at vigilantism nourished by right-wing state legislatures
https://progressive.org/latest/farming-out-enforcement-to-the-culture-warriors-mccoy-20241007
4 far-right vigilantism approaches to “vigilante democracy:”
* dissenter, courthouse, street, & electoral vigilantism
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[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
Independent state legislature theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory
* attack on precedents of federalism/separation of powers/constitutional democracy
Article V convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
* U.S. constitutional amendments
State capture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capture
* systemic political corruption
* private interest influence over state legislatures
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