I’m no lawyer, constitutional scholar, or political scientist. I don’t expect people here are either. But those people exist. It’s time to organize them and make a new constitution.
What’re the first steps?
I’m no lawyer, constitutional scholar, or political scientist. I don’t expect people here are either. But those people exist. It’s time to organize them and make a new constitution.
What’re the first steps?
What you are looking for is a Constitutional Convention, which will be convened once 34 states call for one. While it is intended to propose amendments that can only become law if 38 states approve it, the rules of the convention are set by the delegates and there is nothing stopping them from ripping it all up and starting from scratch.
And I did the calculations once before, but I believe the 38 smallest states only have 44% of the population. If they live in the right zip codes, a minority of citizens can rip it all up and impose their will on the rest of the country.
And if this happens, why should the states that didn’t vote for the change stick around?
Yes I’m aware of the process. But I don’t exactly trust those in power to write one that actually protects individual citizens right now - the vast majority of the political class is only in it for themselves. They’ll happily reintroduce slavery if a billionaire offers them enough money to vote for it.
So I think the better approach is to have the fixes written first - then advocate for it to receptive legislators while marketting it to the American public as a solution that addresses their actual problems. Several amendments were passed by states passing a law where they waited for consensus of 38 states.
You are right to be worried, Conservatives have been angling for a Constitutional Convention for years, specifically to nuke the parts of it they don’t like. 28 states have already called for one.