Posted on 07/01/2012 6:35:21 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
“For such a convention; you’d damn well better have a narrowly defined agenda. “
Definitely
“Otherwise we might end up with a several thousand page monstrosity much like the EU, or Obamacare.”
Unfortunately, we already have Obamacare and are well on our way to mimicking the disaster that is the EU.
“Be careful what you wish for; You might find ‘happy’ marriage enshrined in the document.”
With five progressive legislators sitting on the bench of the SCOTUS, I believe it will be there sooner or later anyway.
“1. Who would the delegates be, and how would they be selected?
2. Who would set the agenda?
3. What would the scope of the convention be?”
I don’t know. As stated by others, it would have to be tightly defined in order to restore and/or protect the constitution.
“Of course, maybe we could have two conventions: one for ‘us’, one for ‘them.’ That, by definition, is ‘civil war.’
(Which, ironically, may end up being our only option.)”
It seems that way sometimes.
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