Is Article V the Solution to Our FBI Problem?

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In the fall of 2023, COSA held a mock convention of states.
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One of the proposals approved by the simulated convention states:
The Legislatures of the States shall have authority to abrogate any action of Congress, President, or administrative agencies of the United States, whether in the form of a statute, decree, order, regulation, rule, opinion, decision, or other form.
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If ratified, it would be the “Washington can pass it, but it can’t keep it unless we agree” amendment. It would apply to all acts (past and present) of Congress and the Executive Branch not specifically empowered by the Constitution (e.g., states could not abrogate the treaty approval authority of Congress as it’s granted by the Constitution). States could overturn legislative and executive actions not prescribed in the Constitution by a simple majority vote of state legislatures.
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The amendment would not empower the states to expand government, but it would empower them to shrink government at will.
 
Basically, we'd revert to a Confederacy.
 
The amendment would not empower the states to expand government, but it would empower them to shrink government at will.
What would keep states from doing the opposite?
 
From the linked article:
[Author]"John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Idaho."

If he's residing in Boise, Moscow or Coeur d'Alene, that's not much of a refuge.
 
From the linked article:
[Author]"John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Idaho."

If he's residing in Boise, Moscow or Coeur d'Alene, that's not much of a refuge.
LOL. He's being facetious.
 
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