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TreasonousBastard

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10. Don't forget the movement for a Constitutional Convention-- it's a long shot...
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 07:39 PM
Oct 2018

but those who want it are patient and keep lining up states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-surprisingly-close-to-a-new-constitutional-convention-bad-idea/2017/04/06/


We’re surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea.

George Washington presides over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, in a hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via Associated Press)
By Editorial Board April 6, 2017
THE LAST time the United States held a constitutional convention was in 1787. That one turned out pretty well. The next one could have far more doleful results. And the nation is much closer to convening such a convention than many people realize.

It would take the votes of 34 state legislatures to call a constitutional convention to order. A majority of legislatures already have voted to do so. Such calls remain valid indefinitely — until 34 states have joined in a particular cause or the states rescind their appeals. Therefore we congratulate Maryland’s House of Delegates, which on Tuesday rescinded its call for a federal constitutional convention decades after approving it. Same to Nevada’s Senate, which voted, also Tuesday, to rescind a resolution in that state. But a number of states have recently passed or are close to passing measures calling for a convention.

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And...

https://www.cbpp.org/proponents-claim-28-states-have-called-for-a-convention-and-are-targeting-11-more-states

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He isn't required to step down after 4 years - Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #1
The Republicans have full power yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #2
Yes. Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #3
Changing the Constitution is a very difficult process, john657 Oct 2018 #6
what if he cancels elections from now on ... yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #8
He can try, and he's just stupid enough to try, john657 Oct 2018 #11
I don't know, Trump admires strong Dictators yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #16
Trump does admire Dicktaters, john657 Oct 2018 #18
I seriously want to see him lose his mind in public yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #21
Don't forget the movement for a Constitutional Convention-- it's a long shot... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #10
I won't hold my breath - I'm still waiting for the ratification of the equal rights amendment Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #17
Well, the Convention vote never expires, although two states have rescinded it so far... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #20
Depends on which stage the backlash to the #MeToo movement is in. Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #22
Too complicated to know much now. Not all women subscribe too #MeToo as it is, but... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #23
I'm hoping they don't engineer a crisis that he'll use to cancel an election eleny Oct 2018 #4
If he cancels Elections...he could do it for life yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #5
I fear with help from Republicans in Congress eleny Oct 2018 #7
so they also could be in power for life as well? yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #9
Too many are in for life as it is, but... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #12
LOL. +1000. john657 Oct 2018 #13
I fear we may never see any of them in handcuffs yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #14
Rudy tried that. After 9/11 he claimed he was essential to getting the city back... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #15
NYC is so blue eleny Oct 2018 #19
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