Yes, the problem is with the people.BrianM wrote:You're not wrong.Obrien wrote:No, a modern Con Con would be the end of America, as envisioned by the delegates to the 1789 Convention.BrianM wrote:A modern constitutional convention is a dangerous thing. It would only further destroy America.
Yep, impossible currently. The problem today is not with the Constitution but with the people. What good is a Constitution if those in power (and those who vote them into it) don't care what is written in it.Ezra wrote:Wouldn't it be nice though if we could do one an go back to the basics. And then put a heavy heavy very short leash on the government.
Currently impossible I know.
But which problem is the one that will cost them their rights and freedoms? Which problem will lead to the loss of the republic and constitution defining it?
I maintain that the inability for authority to recognize the peoples need to share information vital to the act of unification for the purpose of altering or abolishing government destructive to their rights, is the fatal dysfunction.
That is the PURPOSE of free speech. With it, all problems can be addressed.
Priority of speech is vital, and our current first amendment has none. Our right is not enumerated properly,
Yes, a modern constitutional convention could further destroy America IF the people allow one without proper preparation.
Therein we have another vital right, one not enumerated at all. The right to prepare for Article 5.
We only need to agree upon this to enforce the right and have it properly enumerated. That is our right under the 9th amendment.
Accordingly, we need to agree upon that before all other things, or else they to will be destroyed. Destroyed eventually, convention or not.