Do you know the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Hint: The original mandate of the convention of states was not to write a new Constitution.
Runaway conventions are a thing. There was a runaway convention in 1787, but you can't be guaranteed that a runaway convention will act in the public interest like it did in 1787.
Yes.
Hint: The original mandate of the convention of states was not to write a new Constitution.
Of course.
Runaway conventions are a thing. There was a runaway convention in 1787, but you can't be guaranteed that a runaway convention will act in the public interest like it did in 1787.
And what you apparently forget, is that the proposed Constitution produced by that convention was not imposed on the States. As Article VII notes, the proposed Constitution was established only between those States electing to ratify it, and did not become effective until it was ratified by nine of the 13 States. States that did not ratify were not subject to the new Constitution; Rhode Island existed as an independent State for almost two years after the new compact was initially established between the first nine States to ratify. And three States (New York, Rhode Island and Virginia) reserved the right to secede, in writing, when they eventually did ratify the agreement.
It is worth noting that, because the existing Articles of Confederation actually required unanimous agreement of the States to amend that compact, the establishment of the new Constitution between the first nine States to ratify amounted to the secession of those States from the union formed under the Articles of Confederation. If such an event were to occur today, many conservatives might view it as an immense blessing...
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