Another state signs to convene an efford to change the US Constitution…

This time it’s South Carolina…

It joins 18 other states mostly Republican and in the South….

34 states would trigger Congress actinmg on the request with a Constitiional Convention….

Any amendment would need ratifcation by 38 states….

The worry on this buy some of BOTH parties is that lawmakers could try to rewrite the whole document in a partisan tilt….

South Carolina on Wednesday joined a growing number of states calling for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law the bill seeking changes to the Constitution after state lawmakers tailored the call for a convention to putting spending checks on the federal government, curbing the federal government’s jurisdiction and power, and setting term limits for Congress. About 18 other states, mostly Republican-led and concentrated in the South, have passed similar proposals. Congress needs requests from 34 states to convene a convention of the states.

“Some leaders foresee a ‘runaway’ convention which could propose amendments beyond the scope of the call,” McMaster wrote in his signing statement. “Others prefer that we depend on enlightened future electorates. I see it a little differently. I see the ever-increasing size and scope of the federal government as the larger threat.” In South Carolina, opponents of the legislation, including Democrats and some Republicans, have argued a convention would mean existing amendments, from those protecting free speech and gun rights to those that prohibited slavery, could be at risk….

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