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In reply to the discussion: California has just called for an Articale V Convention [View all]radiclib
(1,811 posts)35. You are referring to the Constitutional Convention, which is different from Article V
We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. We are trying to amend. It has actually been done before, and the country did not burn down.
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No, I don't like risking the constitutiion to the whims of reps chosen by state legislatures.
MohRokTah
Jun 2014
#9
Yes you are, and you have tightened the noose until it looks like he choked.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2014
#78
You do realize the convention only PROPOSES amendments, right? It doesn't ratify anything.
NYC Liberal
Jun 2014
#18
The OP says "Article V Convention" What part of "Convention" do you not understand"
yellowcanine
Jun 2014
#67
I've been wondering about that a bit: California's resolution makes reference
petronius
Jun 2014
#29
I agree with everything in your first paragraph and never said anything different.
radiclib
Jun 2014
#44
Every Republican in my state is totally corrupt, as are half the Democrats. This is a bad idea.
Scuba
Jun 2014
#72
True. Theoretically they could throw out the entire constitution and replace
totodeinhere
Jun 2014
#69
We are currently being bled dry both of our liberties and wealth. The status quo will only
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#85
True. A lot of right wingers have been calling for an Article V convention but for
totodeinhere
Jun 2014
#70
A little history on how we went from the Articles of Confederation ...
Benton D Struckcheon
Jun 2014
#33
You are referring to the Constitutional Convention, which is different from Article V
radiclib
Jun 2014
#35
There has not been an Article V convention in the entire history of this nation.
MohRokTah
Jun 2014
#49
It very well might. At least some scholars believe that in an Article V Convention
totodeinhere
Jun 2014
#75
Paul Ryan pushed this in 2012 to repeal the 14th Amendment with its clauses of
freshwest
Jun 2014
#59