Should California pull its ‘Constitutional emergency cord'? Republicans to debate

TEMECULA – Americans frequently bemoan how the federal government has become too powerful, abusing its rights and growing with no end in sight.

The problem is so pressing that now many Americans are seriously considering pulling the “Constitutional emergency cord,” also known as an Article V Convention of States.

It’s a tool written into the Constitution by the Founding Fathers to give states’ the opportunity to amend the Constitution without Congressional approval. Amendments states could propose in such a convention range from term limits to spending caps.

As of 2016, applications for a Conv...