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pegothejerk t1_iup7yji wrote

Conservatives any time changing the US Constitution is mentioned: The original words of the founding fathers are sacred! They can’t be touched!

Alabama conservatives: let’s rewrite this bad boy 978 times

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Kingslayer2779 t1_iupi4e7 wrote

You haven’t been paying attention. Conservatives want to another constitutional convention so they can rewrite the constitution and strip us of our rights once and for all

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usrevenge t1_iupylw3 wrote

Except that won't work either because states still need to ratify the changes.

You would need 38 states to ratify the changes. That's why pretty much no changes to the constitution happen.

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Hunterrose242 t1_iusgweh wrote

There are currently 23 Republican trifectas in America. That isn't that far away from 38...

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Mr-Logic101 t1_iut80gv wrote

That is really far away from 38……. + congress needs to approve

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yazzy1233 t1_iur5xz0 wrote

What's the point of being called a united America if the states can just do what ever the fuck they want??

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nekochanwich t1_iupxvlu wrote

They don't need a constitutional convention. They are planning in plain sight to overthrow American democracy by violent force.

The Federalist almost says the F-word:

> Put bluntly, if conservatives want to save the country they are going to have to rebuild and in a sense re-found it, and that means getting used to the idea of wielding power, not despising it.

> The left will only stop when conservatives stop them, which means conservatives will have to discard outdated and irrelevant notions about “small government.” The government will have to become, in the hands of conservatives, an instrument of renewal in American life — and in some cases, a blunt instrument indeed.

> [W]ielding government power will mean a dramatic expansion of the criminal code.

> If all that sounds radical, fine. It need not, at this late hour, dissuade conservatives in the least. Radicalism is precisely the approach needed now because the necessary task is nothing less than radical and revolutionary.

> For now, there are only two paths open to conservatives. Either they awake from decades of slumber to reclaim and re-found what has been lost, or they will watch our civilization die. There is no third road.

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Kingslayer2779 t1_iupx8nv wrote

I’m not saying its definitely gonna happen, just that they want to do it

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Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iupmp92 wrote

Ehhh state constitutions are a lil different, and I think that “originalism”, while bullshit, is more about not reinterpreting the constitution. Rewriting it is a clearly defined process and shit, ya know?

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thisisnotdan t1_iur9x9c wrote

I don't think many people who have actually read the U.S. Constitution want it changed. It's a concise, carefully-worded and well-thought-out document that gives the Federal Government the tools it needs to operate, without getting bogged down in details. Even in Liberal circles, the most I ever hear are calls for changes in term limits or the electoral process, which is more like tweaking the Constitution rather than changing it.

State Constitutions serve a different purpose, though, and are right to be more detailed, and also more flexible. As a general rule in government, the closer you are to individual people, the more precise you should be in law and policy. Something as distant as the US Constitution should be very broad and general, do you learn more with procedure than anything; something as close as a city ordinance is where you should find things like how to keep your yard, etc.

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