A “Pandora’s box of constitutional mischief” is the phrase the New York Times is using to describe a convention of the states to consider amendments to the United States Constitution. The Gray Lady is in full panic mode over such a convention, having awakened from its Rumpelstiltskinian slumber in respect of America’s supreme law. It’s discovered that we are now six states away from the 34 states needed to call for a states’ convention that would, in the Times’ phrase, be “unprecedented” in our Republic’s history.
Which would be, in our view, precisely one of the convention’s virtues. It would mark the first time the states asserted their full constitutional authority.
Read more at the NY Sun
The liberals are scared to death of a constitutional convention, as if they’re not already ignoring the Constitution. There are a number of amendments we need,the most important of which is to impose term limits. It’s the only way to put an end to corrupt career politicians.
Depending on who wins the Presidency, this may be the best way to save the Republic.
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Make no mistake about it. A constitutional convention is not a meeting to propose amendments to the existing constitution. A con-con allows all parts of the constitution to be rewritten, amended or removed completely. Did you get that “all parts” part? In other words, it allows a roomful of people to entirely redesign our government in any form they choose.
Our current government was the product of a noble group of political ideologists (the Founding Fathers) who risked their lives and saw countless battles and deaths of loved ones in their struggle to govern themselves. They opened up the original con-con in 1787 with the intent to “revise the Articles of Confederation”. Instead, they scrapped it entirely and wrote the Constitution that is the entire basis of our country. The same thing would happen if another con-con happened today.
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Instead of a noble group of freedom-seeking patriots, a modern con-con would be conducted by a group of politicians that collectively are trusted by no more than about 20% of US citizens. And every single one would be heavily influenced by special interest groups.
You can bet your *** that abortion would be mentioned. Gun rights would almost certainly be restricted at a level similar to Great Britain. Mechanisms would be put in place to make raising taxes much easier. In effect, the people would have very little say in anything.
We currently have a constitutional republic (not a democracy). It was gifted to us by the greatest leaders and sharpest minds our country has ever seen. A con-con would literally throw that away.
The current Constitution was signed and agreed upon by all the States.
While true a con-con could potentially rewrite everything, and there would be a strong desire by the NWO traitors to eliminate all of our human rights, the new Constitution would still need to be ratified.
If they pulled this trick, some states might go along with it (California, New York, Taxachusetts, etc.) but most would not.
In effect, these States would be seceding and creating a new USNWO. They can’t force the other States to secede with them. If they try, they will be starting a new Civil War, with the NWO people as the “South” in the legal sense but not in the States Rights sense. The USA would conquer them and bring them back into the Union. And of course send carpetbaggers in there to run those States properly until they can be rehabilitated from their liberal foolishness.
joefriday,
Don’t be so Gloom And Doom There is some smart folks out there, and yes this is the 21st century now, so let’s give them a chance and not to put them under pressure.
Just remember the Founding Fathers did there best work some 200 + years ago.
Don’t put them under pressure? That would be like telling the brain surgeon about to operate on your spouse “just give it a shot and we’ll see how it works out. No pressure.”
We’re only talking about the future of our country, along with essentially all aspects of the lives of your children, grandchildren, etc. They should be held under the greatest pressure possible. And if they’re not up to the task they have no business being involved.
Are the smart people you’re referring to Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton? Cuz you can guarantee they’d be helping to write that new Constitution. I hate to say it but democrats are about 50x more motivated to recreate the government in their image than conservatives. They will do anything (legal or otherwise) to get their way.
You did not have to get ugly,I’m a Hardheaded, redneck, tryin to survive in California and hate those idiots,self serving democrats. I will vote for Trump.
I didn’t mean to offend. Just stating things the way I see them. I think the GOP has become DNC Lite over the years because they haven’t been kept under the pressure that is needed. I think Trump is awesome because he refuses to fold the way the GOP has.
As one of those who signed petitions to get this ball rolling, i HOPE they reach the # of states needed to get this off the ground.