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MY TURN: Clearing up convention confusion

by LARRY RUNKLE/Guest Opinion
| March 16, 2024 1:00 AM

Dear Citizens of Idaho,

Don’t be CONNED by the Con-Con op-ed in the Feb. 28 Coeur d'Alene Press. The authors profess their “fierce devotion to the American Constitution.” They further declare “The Constitution is under serious threat from well-meaning people who seek a Constitutional Convention.” 

Why they are confusing a Constitutional Convention vs. Convention of States is a puzzle to me. Sen. Todd Lakey (the chairman of the Senate Judiciary and Rules) presented SCR112 to the Senate Judiciary Committee that passed the Resolution to the Senate floor with a “do pass” recommendation.

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