Sen. Rick Santorum Pushes Hard For Kansas Constitutional Convention

Some of the best & brightest TKC readers advise us . . . 

Whatever you do . . . DO NOT GOOGLE RICK SANTORUM!!!

Meanwhile, here's a peek at a Sunflower State political ploy that hopes to push back against the Feds in a "state's rights" debate that's so very serious right up to the point we start talking about all of the funding that flows from the nation's capital. 

Here's the premise now that we already gave away the punchline . . .

Proponents of the resolution argued there is a growing need for a rebalancing of power between the federal government and the states. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said Article V was the best avenue to accomplish this goal.

“I don’t think our Founding Fathers would be surprised that the federal government has claimed more than its constitutional share of power,” Santorum said. “They would be surprised that we have not used the most effective tool they gave us for curbing it.”

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Kansas reps join Santorum in call for constitutional convention

TOPEKA - A renewed effort to call a constitutional convention drew a former U.S. senator, state legislators, and a handful of concerned citizens to a Kansas panel hearing Tuesday to debate the action. HCR 5027 would, under Article V of the U.S.

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