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Why do Conservatives hate the Constitution?
What if that convention repeals the Second Amendment?
And, for some...no names needed....a lobotomy would probably be the best option.
Why do Conservatives hate the Constitution?
What if that convention repeals the Second Amendment?
Yeah.. the ones who want the constitution followed to the letter are the ones that hate it
And if by the rules of the constitution itself the 2nd or whatever other amendment is somehow repealed... while not LIKING it, it would be accepted as the law of the land and the way things are.. AS LONG AS the constitutional procedure was followed and not thwarted
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; 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.
I believe that only 34 state legislatures (not 50) are needed to call for a CONSTITUTIONAL convention.
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; 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.
Why do Conservatives hate the Constitution?
What if that convention repeals the Second Amendment?
Yeah.. the ones who want the constitution followed to the letter are the ones that hate it
And if by the rules of the constitution itself the 2nd or whatever other amendment is somehow repealed... while not LIKING it, it would be accepted as the law of the land and the way things are.. AS LONG AS the constitutional procedure was followed and not thwarted
Our courts determine how we follow the Constitution to the letter.....not a bunch of posters on an internet message board
Yeah.. the ones who want the constitution followed to the letter are the ones that hate it
And if by the rules of the constitution itself the 2nd or whatever other amendment is somehow repealed... while not LIKING it, it would be accepted as the law of the land and the way things are.. AS LONG AS the constitutional procedure was followed and not thwarted
Our courts determine how we follow the Constitution to the letter.....not a bunch of posters on an internet message board
And that is stated in the constitution WHERE?? That power is granted WHERE??
It is a power the court GRABBED FOR ITSELF.... not that was constitutionally granted thru any constitutional process
Let's face it. Washington can't fix itself from the top down.
It needs to be fixed from the bottom up.
An easy way to restore popular control would to call a Constitutional Convention, and propose the least controversial of all fixes --- vastly increasing the size of the House of Representatives and restoring State control over the Senate. Today we are under-represented. Approximately 1 Representative for every 700,000 citizens, as opposed to 1 per 30,000 at the founding of the United Stated.
Amendment:
There shall exist 1 Representative for every 30,000 citizens.
Amendment:
The 17th Amendment is repealed, and the original method of choosing Senators is restored.
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With 10,000+ Representatives we could finally end the Washington gridlock, implode the 2-party tyranny and use the FEDERAL government to fix itself. Local and State control would be restored, as would Popular Sovereignty, the foundational philosophy of republican and democratic governments.
Let's face it. Washington can't fix itself from the top down.
It needs to be fixed from the bottom up.
An easy way to restore popular control would to call a Constitutional Convention, and propose the least controversial of all fixes --- vastly increasing the size of the House of Representatives and restoring State control over the Senate. Today we are under-represented. Approximately 1 Representative for every 700,000 citizens, as opposed to 1 per 30,000 at the founding of the United Stated.
Amendment:
There shall exist 1 Representative for every 30,000 citizens.
Amendment:
The 17th Amendment is repealed, and the original method of choosing Senators is restored.
---------------------------
With 10,000+ Representatives we could finally end the Washington gridlock, implode the 2-party tyranny and use the FEDERAL government to fix itself. Local and State control would be restored, as would Popular Sovereignty, the foundational philosophy of republican and democratic governments.
Amendment:
There shall exist 1 Representative for every 30,000 citizens.
Amendment:
There shall exist 1 Representative for every 30,000 citizens.
Just like at the founding of the country? How quaint
We have much more access to our Congressional Representatives today than we did 200 years ago. They are more answerable to "We the people" than they were at our founding
They are also much more representative of the population
Our courts determine how we follow the Constitution to the letter.....not a bunch of posters on an internet message board
"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by
man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its
constitution." --Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine, 1789.
"It is left... to the juries, if they think the permanent judges
are under any bias whatever in any cause, to take on themselves
to judge the law as well as the fact. They never exercise this
power but when they suspect partiality in the judges; and by the
exercise of this power they have been the firmest bulwarks of
English liberty." --Thomas Jefferson to Abbe Arnond, 1789.
"If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point
of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may
be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and
fact." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782.
Let's face it. Washington can't fix itself from the top down.
It needs to be fixed from the bottom up.
An easy way to restore popular control would to call a Constitutional Convention, and propose the least controversial of all fixes --- vastly increasing the size of the House of Representatives and restoring State control over the Senate. Today we are under-represented. Approximately 1 Representative for every 700,000 citizens, as opposed to 1 per 30,000 at the founding of the United Stated.
Amendment:
There shall exist 1 Representative for every 30,000 citizens.
Amendment:
The 17th Amendment is repealed, and the original method of choosing Senators is restored.
---------------------------
With 10,000+ Representatives we could finally end the Washington gridlock, implode the 2-party tyranny and use the FEDERAL government to fix itself. Local and State control would be restored, as would Popular Sovereignty, the foundational philosophy of republican and democratic governments.
