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9. Sorry, my bad!

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 07:26 PM

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WARNING from Robert Reich re: building RW momentum to amend Constitution [View all] grasswire Jan 2016 OP

good question grasswire Jan 2016 #2

Ratification must be by 3/4 of the states n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #4

So we only need 13 holdouts if this happens. KamaAina Jan 2016 #6

12 holdouts SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #7

No, if they get 38, they win KamaAina Jan 2016 #8

Sorry, my bad! SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #9

The convention can add, delete, modofy, amend, etc 1939 Jan 2016 #5

Calling a constitutional convention will bring about civil war. N/t roamer65 Jan 2016 #10

That's a little extreme, don't you think? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #11

I don't think so...a far-right, Teabagger "Constitution"...? First Speaker Jan 2016 #13

What a can of worms this would be CanonRay Jan 2016 #12

K&R emsimon33 Jan 2016 #14

o.0 creepy. nt retrowire Jan 2016 #15

Amendments still must be ratified by the states. Xithras Jan 2016 #17

Or the right to seceed from the Union. Hoppy Jan 2016 #18

Conservatives are making the federal govt obsolete. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2016 #20