[July 4, when our forefathers declared political independence from England’s tyrannous King George and set in motion a government conceived in liberty but eventually taken over by the same tyrannous spirit. Has the time come to again press that big Reset Button? We can do it peacefully, if we really
want to.
So, when are we going to start a thread on FR about what a Constitutional Convention will change? Or are too many people so afraid a Convention will destroy more rights than the current trajectory of events will clearly do?
“...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness...”
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
“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; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.”
Article Five of the United States Constitution
I am one who would oppose a Convention for that reason..