Who Should Decide the Question of BBA Aplications?

What is The BBA Application “Official Count” ?

 by Tom Llewellyn, Michigan Chairman, BBA Task Force

 America needs an answer to this most critical question of our time. . . . Do States have an equal right to amend the Constitution without interference from those [in Congress] who's power we are occasionally obliged to reign-in, as is the case with the BBA state call for an Article V Convention of the States?

 

Can the States effectively stop the fiscal madness in Washington with Balanced Budget Amendment resolutions, or must we first beg the opinion of our out-of-control Congress to [make-up] establish the rules to which we must abide? 

Are we to plead our case before the very body we are attempting to force into proper management of our nation's financial obligations already entrusted to them; imploring to their good graces that they first bless us with a Rule of Ceasar on the "OFFICIAL COUNT" of BBA State Applications? 

I agree with Art Taylor in that Congress should not have unfettered discretion in determining the fate of whether states have made a "proper" call for the BBA Convention. 

This Congress must not be the sole arbiter or judge on this critical decision of "the official count" for the BBA call.

The Judiciary should be asked for a declaratory finding and recommendations on the "call" role-out. 

I agree, that more than just relief from a delayed and/or in-effective Congressional committee process, the Judiciary can establish standards and hold Congress accountable for any possible "material breach" of procedural delays or other actions inconsistent with their guidelines.

The question of where is "the finish line" on the BBA  "official application count" goes to the heart of defining the future balance of power and formal working relationship between the States and the Federal government. Congress must not be granted the exclusive title of ruler of the body politic by having the states relinquish a say in the decision process on this most critical and historic issue. 

By "granting" Congress the authority to make this judgement, is it not like asking the Olympic Committee (or one of the leaders of one of the other competing countries) to determine where the finish line of a race will be marked, right in the middle of an on-going event?

Supporters of the BBA must never surrender the ruling of the state application "official count"  to Congress. To do so would be to disarm those of us who are in the very process of compelling them to act responsibly in the first place. 

We may not be ready for this leg of the race, but a recent turn of events in the media has brought the question to us. It is time to get our second wind and press ahead courageously. 

 

This is a great battle for the hearts and minds of America. The very fate our beloved country is at stake. As activists in this crusade to restore our Constitutionally limited government, we must keep the faith in our republican convictions and believe in We The People. Remember that, God willing, our efforts will change the tide and we we will be freeing our next generations from this oppressive and burdensome central government. 

Our fight to save America did not get this far without His help. Be confident that our efforts to restore fiscal sanity in Washington can continue to rely on His grace and guidance,

   

Tom Llewellyn

Michigan BBA Task Force

 

 ". . . with  a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence . . ."