Convention of States

Michigan's Republican-led Legislature may have inadvertently made history last month when it adopted a resolution urging a convention of the states for the purpose of drafting a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Article V requires Congress to authorize a convention when 34 (2/3's) states have called for an amendment on the same topic, but that threshold has never been reached.

Conventional wisdom suggests -- and supporters repeatedly stated -- that by adopting its resolution, Michigan had joined more than 20 other states with similar applications.

But Michigan may unknowingly have been the 34th state to call for a federal balanced budget amendment, according to at least one constitutional scholar. A California Congressman is asking U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to consider the argument and explore whether a convention should be called.

Pretty neat and yet.. the media is hush hush about it. If I were a betting man there is going to be a crisis or a distraction in the media to turn eyes away from this. Wag the dog.