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SAVE Campaign
Safeguard Article V from Exploitation! Our campaign to save the Constitution from a constitutional convention funded by dark money groups.
“The most dangerous threat to our democracy that most Americans have never heard of.”
Karen Hobert Flynn, former President of Common Cause
In partnership with our allies, we're fighting to stop dark money groups from successfully triggering an Article V Convention at the statehouses that could:
Dismantle our fundamental freedoms
Allow corporations to exploit national parks for resources
Remove checks and balances on the White House
Prohibit federal agencies from regulating private industries
SAVE Campaign Updates
Why is an Article V Convention Dangerous?
Imagine a tool embedded deep inside our Constitution designed to safeguard American democracy. Now imagine that same tool being weaponized against the very constitution and democracy it was designed to protect. That’s what we’re facing with an Article V Convention!
Historically, Article V was designed as a safeguard against power concentration, providing a mechanism for states to propose and ratify constitutional amendments without the involvement of Congress. However, our report reveals how AVCC’s vagueness may ironically cause the power concentration it was designed to prevent. AVCC’s invocation is now closer to success than ever before, largely due to a new wave of funding, lobbying, and astroturfing operations fueled by special interests and dark money.
AVCC status by the states: Special interests only need four more orange states to trigger a convention.
How Does a Convention Impact You?
An Article V Convention could roll back many of our Constitutional liberties. Some proponents are looking to use the process to create a Constitutional ban on abortion while others are planning to use the convention to deregulate the private sector so extractive industries can exploit our national parks and forests for resources.
Eroding Checks and Balances
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Undermining Fundamental Freedoms
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Limiting Corporate Regulation
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What are we doing to stop an Article V on Convention?
One year ago, the Task Force authored a report titled “The Unknown Threat to American Democracy”. The report delves into the ambiguity of an Article V Constitutional Convention (AVCC), a virtually unknown provision that could fundamentally reshape our Constitution, our liberties, and our democracy. Our report builds off previous nonprofit and government research of Article V, presenting a broad analysis of AVCC, shedding light on its original intent, its past influence on Congressional action, its vulnerabilities, and the current attempts at its invocation.
The full version of the report is available here.
What's the long-term solution?
An Article V Convention could roll back many of our Constitutional liberties. Some proponents are looking to use the process to create a Constitutional ban on abortion while others are planning to use the convention to deregulate the private sector so extractive industries can exploit our national parks and forests for resources.
In the meantime, an Article V Convention is risky! Read some common misconceptions about a ConCon below:
A convention can be used for campaign finance reform
True. However, there are no guardrails to ensure a convention remains about campaign finance reform. The risks of a convention called for campaign finance reform quickly running away into a convention that strips our rights outweighs
The Task Force is currently developing guardrail resolutions so a convention can be conducted safely.
Undermining Fundamental Freedoms
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Limiting Corporate Regulation
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