Thirty Four

Michigan might just have crossed the line towards a states requested Article V constitutional convention.

There may or may not be 34 active requests from the states for such a convention, and it seems that it's all about getting a balanced budget amendment going.

The terrifying thing about such conventions is there's no limitation whatsoever about what can be proposed and submitted as an amendment that is then sent to the states for ratification.

Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

It's a blank check.

I have modest proposals...

No rule or regulation promulgated by any agency of the executive branch shall go into effect until approved by both houses of congress and shall be void if not so approved within a year of proposal.  (Congress should be forced to legislate and not just leave it to the regulatory agencies; this should also return some damned accountability for those regulations).

No elected or appointed official or agency shall be made exempt from any law that shall affect any common citizen.

No employee of the government, elected, appointed or hired may be a member of a union nor shall any department or agency of the government be unionized.  (Working for the government is a civic-trust not a means to financial success.  Government should serve the citizens not force the citizens to serve the government)

Law enforcement shall be limited to what arms and methods of carry available to the citizen at large via the same markets.  (If I can't have it, they can't have it.  If I have to spend $32,000 on an M16 and wait a fucking year to get it, so should officer friendly; which should be fun for him without his union).

I don't know how to word it...  But elected officials have to spend an equal time out of office that they spent in office once they leave that office.