No one is calling for a constitutional convention. Read 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
The convention is for “proposing Amendments.”
The majority of state legislatures are republican controlled. Chances are that progessives wouldn’t get much traction and I am not as afraid of libertarians as you seem to be. But perhaps we should just stay with the status quo and let the current government destroy the country without trying anything new. Remember the definition of insanity!
The majority of state legislatures are republican controlled. Chances are that progessives wouldn’t get much traction and I am not as afraid of libertarians as you seem to be. But perhaps we should just stay with the status quo and let the current government destroy the country without trying anything new. Remember the definition of insanity!
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First, thank you for the education on an Article V convention: I stand corrected.
However, I for one am not convinced that our troubles today stem with flaws or deficiencies in our Constitution, so much as in the caliber of individuals being elected to office. The Article V idea seems more like a clever “work-around” to our true problem of an inert, disinterested, uneducated, immoral, and unengaged electorate that habitually places corrupt and immoral people in office. Here in San Antonio, our very Liberal mayor was elected with about six or seven of the electorate turning out. Unreal. Would passing new amendments make people get off their derrieres and vote? Somehow I doubt it.
Moreover, the current regime in Washington has made it clear that it will do whatever it pleases, regardless of what the law and/or Constitution says. As long as our elected leaders are lawless, an Article V convention will be of little import.
We know where Ted Cruz stands on virtually every issue. The same is true of most Democrats. The moral vacuum on the “Republican” side is in dire need of being filled. We do not know where many of them stand from issue to issue, because they can apparently be bought and sold.
With regard to Libertarians, I do view them with a great deal of precaution and circumspection.