Whoa now John. Get your facts straight. The States leading the effort to rescind their applications calling for a Constitutional Convention are mostly from the deep Southern states and list is growing. Whether or not they will be successful is in question. Indiana was the first according to the below list. Is your state on the list?

Alabama, applications enacted on August 14, 1975 and September 18, 1976, [the 1976 application was rescinded on April 28, 1988, and the 1975 application was rescinded on September 22, 1988];

Alaska, application enacted on Feb. 3, 1982;

Arizona, applications enacted on May 19, 1977 and March 9, 1979;

Arkansas, application enacted on Jan. 22, 1979;

Colorado, application enacted on March 29, 1978;

Delaware, application enacted on June 11, 1975;

Florida, applications enacted on May 13, 1976 and June 10, 1976 [both applications rescinded on May 5, 1988];

Georgia, application enacted on Jan. 19, 1976;

Idaho, application enacted on Feb. 21, 1979;

Indiana, applications enacted on March 7, 1957 and March 28, 1979;

Iowa, application enacted on Feb. 22, 1979;

Kansas, application enacted on April 26, 1978;

Louisiana, applications enacted on July 12, 1975, June 29, 1978, and July 9, 1979;

Maryland, application enacted on April 3, 1975;

Mississippi, application enacted on March 20, 1975;

Missouri, application enacted on May 26, 1983;

Nebraska, application enacted on Feb. 23, 1976;

Nevada, application enacted on March 12, 1979;

New Hampshire, application enacted on April 26, 1979;

New Mexico, application enacted on Feb. 16, 1978;

North Carolina, application enacted on Jan. 26, 1979;

North Dakota, application enacted on March 12, 1975;

Oklahoma, application enacted on April 15, 1976;

Oregon, application enacted on July 11, 1977;

Pennsylvania, application enacted on Nov. 9,1978;

South Carolina, applications enacted on Feb. 12, 1976, Feb. 25, 1976 and May 16, 1978;

South Dakota, application enacted on Jan. 31, 1979;

Tennessee, application enacted on March 30, 1977;

Texas, application enacted May 31, 1977;

Utah, application enacted Feb. 1, 1979;

Virginia, application enacted on March 10, 1976; and

Wyoming, application enacted on Feb. 17, 1977.

Note that the States of Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, have rescinded their applications.

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David Upton