Show Notes
Get ready for some all-out intellectual firepower demolishing Article V opponents! In this never-before-heard audio from August 2026, attorney Mark Meckler joins Michael Farris, Rita Peters, and Rick Santorum to answer the top objections to Convention of States and the Article V convention process. In a unique debate format before a live audience of state legislators, Rita plays clips from real committee hearings. Was the 1787 Convention a runaway convention? Who controls an Article V convention? Could it propose anything and everything? Would anyone be able to settle disputes regarding such a convention? The questions have answers, and they are based in historic precedent and Supreme Court decisions. Dive Deeper with COS Resources Michael Farris is a constitutional attorney and scholar who has won dozens of court cases, including at the Supreme Court level. Farris is the founder of Patrick Henry College and the Home School Legal Defense Association, a former law professor, and a co-founder of Convention of States Action. Among his many other accomplishments, he has served as President of the Alliance for Defending Freedom, written textbooks on the Constitution, and authored a peer-reviewed paper on the legality of the 1787 Convention. He is one of the few living attorneys to have successfully litigated an Article V case. Rita Peters is a constitutional attorney who has authored amicus briefs for the Supreme Court of the United States. She serves as the Chief Public Policy Officer for Convention of States Action, spearheading the legislative strategy resulting in 20 states having passed COS Action's Article V application. Rick Santorum is an attorney, and former congressman, U.S. senator, and two-time presidential candidate. A lifetime champion for constitutional government and fiscal restraint, he now serves as a Senior Advisor for Convention of States Action.
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In this never-before-heard audio, Mark Meadows headlines Convention of States Action's "States Rising" event. Held in August of 2026, States Rising was the first event of its kind, meant to bring a diverse group of state legislators together to discuss the particulars of Article V of the U.S. Constitution as well as the Convention of States movement. Meadows is a former congressman who served as President Trump's Chief of Staff. He is joined on stage by Michael Farris and Rick Santorum, who serve as Senior Advisors to COSA, as well as Rita Peters who serves as COSA's Chief Public Policy Officer. This program was the event's opening session.
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