12 hours ago, bkk7 said:

never gonna happen, thankfully! anybody who wants to know more about this dumb idea should just watch John Oliver's coverage of it.

 

 

 

Why would you waste everyone's time with this stupid video that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic under discussion?

 

 

On a relevant note, keep in mind that anyone who believes a constitutional convention can be limited to simply overriding a couple of unpopular national laws is living in dream land. Once a convention is called, those representatives can do ANYTHING, up to and including dissolving the United States of America, and there is absolutely nobody who can limit their authority.

 

If 3/4 of the states can accept it, then it happens even if it means that the United States ceases to exist as a country.  I for one can imagine that after months of delegates digging in their heels over abortion or gay marriage, people might genuinely be ready to partition the country in order to move forward.

 

A constitutional convention is no trivial matter.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Monomial said:

I for one can imagine that after months of delegates digging in their heels over abortion or gay marriage, people might genuinely be ready to partition the country in order to move forward.

Then you have a very vivid imagination. You have more chance of platting fog than you do of seeing the USA vote to partition itself off. What will you do, build the wall 500 miles further North?

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21 hours ago, webfact said:

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the "absolute" power to pardon himself,

So why is it so important to him... has he forgot something???

On 6/5/2018 at 8:38 AM, bristolboy said:

Can you list the "legitimate bipartisan attempts'? 

Do recall that it was the conservative justices on the supreme court who opened the floodgates to unlimited political donations and ruled out any meaningful possibility of controls. How are these alleged bipartisan attempts going to circumvent this? 

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