President Trump, call for a snap Constitutional Convention.

Self | 11-5-20 | Self

[StAnDeliver]

President Trump, call for a snap Constitutional Convention per Article V. Appoint yourself as Convenor/Chairman, but do not do so as President.

The Convention is immediately called to order viz a National Emergency viz the current and surging pandemic; that the 34-state ratification will take place at the Convention's convening; and any state failing to send Convention representatives will not participate.

Order Constitutional Convention business to be resolved by March 25, 2021.

Only 3 items may be considered in the Constitutional Convention Order of Business:

• 1) Remove every reference in the United States Constitution to "slavery". No other changes may be made in this regard.

• 2) Every Election Day on a 2- and 4-year basis to be a permanent Federal holiday, 1st Tuesday in November, whereupon the winner is known no later than noon ET the following day. Best practices to be enforced per counter-signed Voter ID and optical ballot, with all pre-election absentee balloting conducted per the foregoing rules in person at the local Election Board, and concluded by end-of-business the day before Election Day.

• 3) Reduce Senate terms to 4 years and forcibly align them with Presidential election years, so that every incoming President has the opportunity to work with a fresh reset of both chambers. No changes to House elections.

[StAnDeliver]

• 1) The urgency of removing "slavery" from the US Constitution requires the Convention begin now.

• 2) Identically, Election Day must be resolved immediately and Constitutionally codified.

• 3) Finally, Senate terms limited to 4 years and regulated to presidential election years should have been addressed by the 17th Amendment; therefore Article I, section 3 will be marginally adjusted to reflect same.

[The Pack Knight]

He doesn’t have the power to call a constitutional convention under Article V. It can only be called by “The Congress . . . on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states...”

[balch3]

Add a marriage amendment and a human life amendment

[Vendome]

So, get rid of the 3/5ths clause and the 13th ammendment...???

After a convention of state, which is required and the current president can only be ex officio...

[wny]

Someone has to much time on their hands....

[monkeyshine]

From the few replies already you see some problems. You call for a convention, it is open season on the Constitution. It cannot be limited afaik to the matter at hand but open to all ideas.

And I am not in favor of a 4-year Senate term. There is a good reason the framers structured it the way they did and that was precisely to prevent “faddish ideas” from sweeping the Republic. It was designed to slow things down and let cooler heads prevail by rotating 1/3 of the Senate every 2 years.

Though I will admit, with party politics and the fealty politicians owe to the party (think about how much someone would owe to Chuck Schumer if he raised $100 million to get that person a $150,000 a year job) that protection has been eroded.

[beancounter13]

Sorry. The only Constitutional Convention I will support is one aimed dissolving the union.

I don’t want a new or rewritten constitution. I want to see The Republic of Texas arise again.

[beancounter13]

p.s. Any state in Flyover Country is welcome to join us.

[Robert DeLong]

Lawmakers call for federal constitutional convention

As far as I understand it, a President cannot call for one.

[Lower Deck]

1) Remove every reference in the United States Constitution to "slavery". No other changes may be made in this regard.

The only reference to slavery is in the 13th Amendment. You want to repeal that?

[ScholarWarrior]

No.

[gas_dr]

It is appalling how people come up with ideas that are not only dangerous and incorrect, but do not understand the actual constitution. The notion of a SNAP constitutional convention would allow mob and majority rule every four years. Thank God our framers new better

For the record, an Article V convention carries an extremely high bar. It can originate in the states with a supermajority the state legislature demanding that the federal congress schedule the convention OR 2/3 of both house chambers with approval of 3/5 of the states would yield to a convention

Once the convention is opened, it has the full force of possibly causing a runaway convention where it is as equally likely that we would under of with abortion on demand the destruction of republic for national votes etc.

This is not only a terrible idea, but an uneducated on at best.

[JCL3]

Nope.

[SE Mom]

That would be unconstitutional.

[Loud Mime]

Sure, call for a new constitution because we don’t honor the original. What makes you think it will make any difference?

A new convention is an exercise in futility at best. But it would likely be hijacked by the liberals in media and education and become our worst nightmare. You think Antifa and BLM are something now? A new CC would be a disaster.

[Nateman]

It is the individual state Legislatures that call for the convention. Trump could travel to each state and lobby for that vote though. The Convention of States request has an end clause that nullifies the call if the Convention goes beyond the conditions of the request. Hard to justify a run away Convention if it nullifies itself. The only REAL worry is that some good amendments won't pass the 3/4 ratification requirement.

[Vendome]

I’ll see your Republic of Texas and raise it with The Great Lone Star Republic of California

[StAnDeliver]

"The only reference to slavery is in the 13th Amendment. You want to repeal that?"

Oh Lord, do I have to spell it out?

In the US Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3:

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."

[StAnDeliver]

"on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states...”

"The Convention is immediately called to order viz a National Emergency viz the current and surging pandemic; that the 34-state ratification will take place at the Convention's convening; and any state failing to send Convention representatives will not participate."

[longtermmemmory]

not going to happen. A convention would risk the whole constitution. Do we really want calif to petition to drop the 1st and 2nd?