Given the society and people in power we have today, any constitutional convention would enshrine the further enslavement of the american people to a ruling class.
A second Constitutional Convention would be a disaster for all the reasons you mentioned. There are no Madisons or Washingtons or Franklins in the U.S. today.
There is a fine line between being cautious or just plain cowardly. I'm with Levin, if for the sole purpose of repealing the 16th and perhaps the 17th, if that doesn't overly complicate the process. Let's do it while we still can, for we are already headed to a place far worse than many can imagine.
Been saying this since I've been here...
No, WRONG! He is calling for a “Convention to consider amendments”. That is distinctly different than a “Constitutional Convention”.
Mark should know better...Constitutional conventions can be dangerous if liberals infiltrate them. They could conceivably scrap the whole thing, as happened in 1787 when the Founders (quite illegally) scrapped the Articles of Confederation and started over.
Can we wait until after the revolution and the blood is cleaned from the swords?
It seems that one without the other is pretty much an exercise om futility.
I am absolutely opposed to a Constitutional Convention, which will do nothing but eliminate important, valid provisions of the current document, while adding all sorts of rights-cancelling new ones.
What emerges from such a convention will look more like the South African constitution than what we have now.
Proper netiquette states that you should ping the person you are talking about.
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Levin made of point of saying it IS NOT a 2nd Constitutional Convention...
“..you’ll hear critics say, “We don’t need a Constitutional Convention! We’ll never get anyone better than the Framers!”
And they’re right! This isn’t a Constitutional Convention.
This is a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution.”
A Constitutional Convention would be controlled by liberals empowered by the liberal media.
He had to have been drinking, having a psychotic break, or sold his soul to the devil.
Article. V.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid/ to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
So, 2/3 of the states call for an amendment-proposing convention, and congress gets to decide if the vote on those "proposed amendments" is from 3/4 of the state legislatures or from conventions in 3/4 of the states.
And how many delegates are at that original proposing convention, how are they chosen, and how do they vote?
I know....a "gang of 8".
And a voting convention in each state has delegates chosen how, how many, who, how do they vote?
Who gets to answer all these questions?
I heard it. It was jaw dropping.
ConCon is the Hail Mary Pass. Fraught with dangers as we run a high risk of it being hijacked by activists with the Obama “positive rights” agenda.
The fact that a Conservative voice as prominent as Levin has given up on all other methods is quite telling.
The U.S. Constitution would look like the Communist Manifesto, which we are living under now. The Constitution is totally ignored by ALL THREE "Branches" of Government.
Somewhere, in such a new document, would give whatever future government, the "flexibility" to suspend such rights when the government sees fit. And such a document isn't worth the paper on which it's printed.
Of course, the attendees would be appointments by current political interests. Having a general election would not necessarily improve things. Consider Congresses of the last 2 decades — they get to Washington and go about completely ignoring the will of the people.
I can't think of 10 6 3 any people I would trust writing new constitutional provisions.
The only things I’d be interested in are repeal of the 16th and 17th amendments (and on days when I’m in a particularly bad mood, the 19th as well(just kidding, sort of )).
A second constitutional convention without a second revolution IS A HORRIBLE IDEA !
I think Mark suffers from the illusion that we’d have a lawfully ruled country if our elites feared the law.
We’d have a lawfully ruled country only if our elites feared God...
One can sucessfully cheat the law (look at OJ Simpson), but you cannot mock God. Our leaders today—and most of the American people—no longer really fear God, hence they happily cheat the law...thinking they are getting away with it.
If you want law-keepers, you must have God-fearers (and God-lovers, as one goes with the other) first. This is what America lacks.
you should listen to what he said before exposing your ignorance of it with such a rant