A constitutional convention would be the greatest disaster ever to befall whats left of the Republic. We have NO ONE even approaching the stature and ability of Washington, Hamilton, Madison etc etc etc. No No NO!
All a constitutional convention can do is propose amendments, which then must be ratified by the states. They have, in other words, WRT the Constition, the same power Congress has. BUT, they have no lifetime incumbents.
(WRT to anything other than the Constition, they have no power at all.)
Sound better now?
I agree...just too many nut jobs running around the body politic that you could never trust the outcome....would likely end up with Lani Guinier’s Racial Spoils Proportional Voting System and a Constitutional Right to Free College.
Remember, it is not who votes, it is who counts the votes...extend that over to what would happen with a convention.
I think the best course of action was well stated in a document written in 1776...this government is broken and needs to go.
Freedom and liberty take a back seat when demigods rule. The rules in this game have changed for those who chose to play by them in living a conservative thrifty moral life. The old rules have been replaced by those who want it for nothing and if that means using the government to get it from you, they will do it. For me, government is the extreme, not a means to fulfillingwants and desires at the expense of someoneelses freedom. In a nutshell that is why the Zero is the antithesis of my view as he wants government to provide a system of change.