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From: State Action Alert <causenet@...>
Date: Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 2:38 PM
Subject: Stop this sinister plot
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We have no choice but to immediately step up our grassroots response...

*Just six states. That’s right, just SIX!*

That’s the tiny number of states that stand between you and me and the
calling of a disastrous Article V Constitutional Convention -- an event
unprecedented in U.S. history that could mean major constitutional chaos.

*We have no choice but to immediately step up our grassroots response* to
defeat this effort. And that’s why I’m rushing this alert to you and every
Member of Common Cause.

Many constitutional experts believe this is the *biggest present threat* to
our democracy -- and it’s happening right now, *behind closed doors* and
out of the public eye. This time, the threat isn't coming from the White
House. Rather, wealthy special interest groups like the Kochs’ American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spending big money to lobby state
lawmakers, demanding they vote to ratify the calling of an Article V
Convention to radically reshape our U.S. Constitution.[1]

If allowed to succeed, *unelected, unaccountable delegates will be
granted* *the
power to write their* *far right-wing agenda into our Constitution.*

That could mean shredding First Amendment protections. Gutting
environmental regulations. Rolling back civil rights advances. And cutting
Medicare, Medicaid, and other safety-net programs.

*MOST FRIGHTENING OF ALL...* if just six more states sign on, the Kochs,
the Mercers, and their extremist allies will reach the two-thirds
supermajority required to convene the convention they need to tear apart
our U.S. Constitution.

*That’s why I’m urging you to immediately help Common Cause in our
state-by-state battle to block and rescind calls for an Article V
Convention. And why I ask you to support this effort with a contribution
today.
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The odds may seem stacked against us, but *I want you to know that
concentrated and organized grassroots action can stop this right-wing
attack on our Constitution.*

*In fact, we’ve already proven we can fight the extremists and win. *Common
Cause activists have successfully rolled back calls for an Article V
Convention in Delaware, New Mexico, Maryland, and Nevada.

We’ve proven over and over* that our state-by-state grassroots organizing
works* -- and that as long as we keep fighting, we’ll keep winning.

We must not -- and will not -- let these extremists rewrite our
Constitution.

Please let me know we can count on you to stand with us in this fight.

Thanks for all you do,

Jay Riestenberg, Deputy Communications Director
and the team at Common Cause
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[1] https://defendourconstitution.org


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