A Constitutional convention would be an opportunity for the LEFT to cause all forms of mayhem with insane proposals and by inserting versions of social engineering into the Constitution and lastly is unnecessary. Lastly, I am very suspicious from where calls for Constitutional conventions are ORIGINATING. The Constitution is NOT a “living document”.
Constitutional lawsuits will suffice to kill Obamacare if the supportive arguments are clear and the documentation is not shoddy. See post # 17.
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A Constitutional Convention should only be used if all other legislative and judicial efforts fail. However, it is the little-known 4th rail of the system of checks and balances.
Read this thread about the procedures that have already been put in place by Congress - it shows that it is a highly regulated process that WOULD NOT allow for the devolution into chaos.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823341/posts
FYI: I have not been able to find this procedure at any government web sites ...
If a targeted, concise petition were circulated to the states - limited to between 1-5 amendments, each having a 75%-80% popularity, there would be a strong possibility that they would pass.
The ONE amendment that should be put in would be the prohibition of the use of eminent domain in order to transfer private ownership of land from one citizen to another [just for the sake of increased tax revenue]. See Kelo v. New Haven. This amendment would probably have a better than 90% approval rating.
A bonus from having a small, targeted amendment pass would be that Congress would then be aware that the states can [and will] take control from them - if they do not perform their duties in accordance with the wishes of the people ...
This country has very, very few statesmen. I would not trust any of the politicos in power nowadays with a Constitutional Convention. I do not trust them to follow any protocols or rules. It would immediately devolve into a reduction or elimination of my rights and a further empowering of government.