Interesting overview of the development of our current nanny-state. Kudos to the author for showing the evolution of American government but I am always sadly ammused at people who suggest a constitutional convention as a solution for our current problems. A constitutional convention would simply open up our foundational law to the same special interest groups who have destroyed the republic. If our ideas cannot win in the legislative systems we have now what makes conservatives belive that they would win in a constitutional convention?
“If our ideas cannot win in the legislative systems we have now what makes conservatives belive that they would win in a constitutional convention?”
Maybe we could do it like Hamilton and Madison did and throw out the old system without regard to its processes. Or does that only work when you’re expanding the central government?