Gov. Henry McMaster Signs Convention of the States Bill into Law, Issues Signing Statement

Governor Henry McMaster today signed into law H. 3205, Convention of the States, and issued a signing statement.

A part of the two-page statement reads:

“Efforts to rein in federal spending and reduce the national debt have repeatedly met resistance from the parties in power at the time. It has become clear that Congress is unwilling or unable to set aside its self-serving institutional interests in preserving and expanding the size and reach of the federal government. Thus, any initiative to reduce the size of the federal government must originate elsewhere.

“As elections have repeatedly failed to reverse this course, I believe that the time has come to utilize the mechanism expressly available to the States in Article V, often called a ‘Convention of States.'”

The governor’s full signing statement can be found here.

As The Post & Courier writes, “opponents from across the political spectrum have warned legislators there’s no way to limit discussion on proposed changes, and the end result could be a drastic altering of America. Opponents on the conservative end argue the proposed fix might backfire and produce liberal policies, like outlawing guns.”

“I do not think these serious theoretical concerns warrant opposing a narrowly tailored convention of states,” McMaster said in the statement linked above.

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