On his recent trip to Europe, Joe Biden said in reference to Putin, “For God’s sake this man can not remain in power.” That is very interesting statement considering the gloomy mood of our country. Those just so happen to be the very same words that are spoken about Biden every day. The voices of discontent grow by millions every month that he is in office. They are heard by parents, on our farms, and in the grocery store lines. Inflation is stealing our paychecks at the gas pumps and even in the military dissatisfaction grows with this administration. Yes, there is even disillusionment in the military, for it was Biden’s decisions in Afghanistan that turned a withdraw into a humiliating and costly surrender.
The difference between Russia and the United States is that we have a constitution that gives citizens the power and authority to make changes when needed. Russia doesn’t have that; though they wish now they did. The founders of our constitution were all brilliant, they had foresight and knew from history that bad people, incompetent, and even evil men have finagled their way into positions of power; ergo, our founders left us the means to take control away from them should that ever happen. The left us a key. The key is in Article V. It can be turned to stop something or to correct and improve something. It is a massively big key and takes a lot of people to turn it. It was designed that way on purpose so that tyrants and power-hungry elitist would not be able to alter our constitution for their own selfish purposes.
So, if you are wondering how does this key work, let us take a look. Article V states, “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both House 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 threefourths 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…”
Exactly what does that mean? To simplify it, it says that Congress and the states have the power to ratify new amendments to the constitution when it is deemed “necessary.” This is the process which gave women the right to vote. That right was not in the original Bill of Rights, we had to add it. The 14th amendment did the same for blacks and the voting age changed from 21 to 18 via the same process. We used the key that was given us, and, in each case, it took a vast amount of people to make it happen. It is a brilliant way to make changes and there can hardly be any argument that Article V has not made our country greater and freer. It most certainly has. The question is, has the time come and is it necessary for the country to use the key again? Most citizens would agree that we have a President and Vice-President that are incredibly unpopular and quiet literally an embarrassment on the world stage. Popularity though is not and should not be considered necessary; however, allowing our borders to be overrun would qualify as necessary, so would creating inflation, inept foreign policies, rampant crime, and incoherent and excessive mandates. There is a long list of things this administration seems incapable of handling.
If you agree that it is time for change and it is necessary to do so, you may be asking how does this work and how can we use Article V to solve our problem? The most logical answer is to have a recall. That is the simple and logical conclusion. We could pass an amendment that would grant us that right. It would be the 28th Amendment to our Constitution. The recall by the way is not a new idea, it is being used with more regularity in our nation all the time and is gaining popularity. California recently held a recall election for their Governor and even with forty million people it went off without a hitch. The people in San Francisco overwhelming recalled three school board members without a problem and currently the citizens in Los Angles have joined together and are holding a recall election of their District Attorney due to the massive insurgence of crime in their city. Good for them, they are refusing to be victims of his gross negligence and are taking legal action to remove him.
So, if it can be done on a local level, why not use the same process on a national level to remove leadership that is negligent, corrupt or is violating the will of the people?
If we were to have a national recall of a President, it should also include theVice-President. Just like in California, a new election would be held with the recall. The citizens vote if they want to recall the President and Vice-President, and if so, who do we choose to replace them? And just as it is now, the electoral college would decide the outcome. Nothing changes. So, in essence what the amendment does is that the people are granted the power to remove from office an administration that is not up to the task of running our country. The recall takes the reins of power away from those elected and returns power to the people that elected them. It gives us the authority to replace them. Simply put, a recall is the most powerful tool we have as citizens to make our leaders responsive and accountable for their actions. Obviously if a President is popular, he or she is not going to be recalled and that’s a point that must be understood as well.
To pass the amendment the bar is set very high, it was intended to be that way. It takes ¾ of the state legislative bodies to pass it. That’s huge but not impossible. Once it becomes an amendment then it will require 2/3rds of the states to initiate a recall election. They would also announce the date that it would be held.
Some of the things to consider are this. What if Joe and Kamala were not recalled but the amendment were passed? The amendment is permanent, it will always be there, and we should want that. What if a President in the future wants to start a war with China? Or Iran? Or Canada? Or Mexico? Or Venezuela? What if we didn’t want that? And what if we had a President that was taking bribes from countries or making treaties that were disastrous to us? What if we had a corrupt Department of Justice that refused to take action and prosecute a corrupt President and/or Vice-President? How would we stop them if we didn’t have a recall amendment? We can’t. And please don’t say impeachment because we know from experience how that works, it doesn’t.
The point is clear, we do need a recall amendment to protect us. We need it to protect us against tyranny. We must have the power to remove incompetent and derelict leaders and it is actually insane not too. Look at Russia, they don’t have an Article V, but I bet they wish they did now. Putin is leading them into wars they don’t want but they have no power to do anything about it.
I am reminded what the great President Lincoln once said, “We the people are the rightful masters of Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men that pervert the Constitution.”
Lincoln used the word “overthrow”, I prefer the word recall. Ask yourself what do you think Lincoln would say about the people we have in office now? Be honest. What do you think Washington or Jefferson would say? Or John F. Kennedy for that matter? They set the bar very high for themselves and this nation. There were all great leaders in difficult times—look how low we have fallen since.
In closing, this should not be about politics, it is not. The recall amendment should be there now and always. It should be the pinnacle of democracy. Whenever a leader abuses the power they were entrusted with, or neglects to perform the duties they swore to protect, we have in our hands the key to remove them. It is about respect, for those elected to respect those they serve.
Help us to get the 28th amendment passed in your state. The key to making great changes for our nation is in our hands. For Gods sake, let us use it.
