Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:54 AM

kentuck (101,265 posts)

Should there be a Second Constitutional Convention?

Who would be invited to attend?

Where would it be?

Would Black Lives Matter supporters be invited to the Convention?

How could it not be an improvement over what we have now?

What new Amendments would you like to see added to the Constitution?

Or should we write a new Constitution?

What have we got to lose?

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Should there be a Second Constitutional Convention? (Original post)	kentuck	Jun 2020	OP
What have we got to lose? A lot.	yardwork	Jun 2020	#1
What if, "they're not invited"?	kentuck	Jun 2020	#3
What?	yardwork	Jun 2020	#5
Then it has no legitimacy	Renew Deal	Jun 2020	#9
Then you have just started a civil war.	hack89	Jun 2020	#13
That's an excellent point.	kentuck	Jun 2020	#19
It really doesn't work that way. nt	Codeine	Jun 2020	#32
No, thanks.	NurseJackie	Jun 2020	#2
Only for the hard RWers who plan to overthrow this one.	Hortensis	Jun 2020	#4
No.	Squinch	Jun 2020	#6
no	quaker bill	Jun 2020	#7
Negative	Drum	Jun 2020	#8
No!	dwilso40641	Jun 2020	#10
No	StarfishSaver	Jun 2020	#11
Other than the electoral college and equal rights the Constitution is ok.	Marcuse	Jun 2020	#12
Sure, why not?	dumbcat	Jun 2020	#14
NO!	irisblue	Jun 2020	#15
Nope. RW has been pushing for this for years and has been closer than many realize.	dameatball	Jun 2020	#16
No!	edhopper	Jun 2020	#17
Absolutely not!	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2020	#18
I guess that settles that!	kentuck	Jun 2020	#20
Nope!	MineralMan	Jun 2020	#21
The path we are on will eventually	MyNameGoesHere	Jun 2020	#22
Any 2nd CC for the foreseeable future would quickly get highjacked by RWers	JHB	Jun 2020	#23
You are so right	Ferryboat	Jun 2020	#42
No thanks	struggle4progress	Jun 2020	#24
No	Chainfire	Jun 2020	#25
No way!	sinkingfeeling	Jun 2020	#26
The Koch Brothers want one and I'm sure they would spend lots of money encouraging folks	jalan48	Jun 2020	#27
No	mrsv	Jun 2020	#28
Not until we are less divided. I think we might come out worse nowadays, unfortunately.	Hoyt	Jun 2020	#29
No. n/t	Tom Rinaldo	Jun 2020	#30
NO. Some RWers want one because they believe they'd control it.	highplainsdem	Jun 2020	#31
Put me in the "no" column.	Firestorm49	Jun 2020	#33
This is how The Handmaid's Tale becomes reality.	PTWB	Jun 2020	#34
Absolutely NOT!	LiberalFighter	Jun 2020	#35
No	DeminPennswoods	Jun 2020	#36
Only if you want a orderly secession amendment added to it.	roamer65	Jun 2020	#37
No we don't need a Second Constitutional Convention.	crickets	Jun 2020	#38
The one we have is fine if applied with common sense, something	ooky	Jun 2020	#39
No, terrible idea.	Initech	Jun 2020	#40
I guess we are to assume we are in no danger of losing the present Constitution?	kentuck	Jun 2020	#41
I think it would take a war or two to get to that point.	Initech	Jun 2020	#43
Absolutely not. The right wing would fuck it all up. nt	Progressive Jones	Jun 2020	#44
Absolutely not...It would take...	VarryOn	Jun 2020	#45
If we did, it would be our THIRD Constitutional Convention.	Laelth	Jun 2020	#46
Yes, there was the Continental Congress.	kentuck	Jun 2020	#47
NO! That is a far-right plan promoted (iirc) by the Kochs & their ilk. Maybe later. Much later.	Hekate	Jun 2020	#48

Response to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:55 AM

yardwork (52,480 posts)

1. What have we got to lose? A lot.

I'm not inclined to risk letting today's right wingers rewrite our Constitution.

Should there be a Second Constitutional Convention?

1. What have we got to lose? A lot.

3. What if, "they're not invited"?

5. What?

9. Then it has no legitimacy

13. Then you have just started a civil war.

19. That's an excellent point.

32. It really doesn't work that way. nt

2. No, thanks.

4. Only for the hard RWers who plan to overthrow this one.

6. No.

7. no

8. Negative

10. No!

11. No

12. Other than the electoral college and equal rights the Constitution is ok.

14. Sure, why not?

15. NO!

16. Nope. RW has been pushing for this for years and has been closer than many realize.

17. No!

18. Absolutely not!

20. I guess that settles that!

21. Nope!

22. The path we are on will eventually

23. Any 2nd CC for the foreseeable future would quickly get highjacked by RWers

42. You are so right

24. No thanks

25. No

26. No way!

27. The Koch Brothers want one and I'm sure they would spend lots of money encouraging folks

28. No

29. Not until we are less divided. I think we might come out worse nowadays, unfortunately.

30. No. n/t

31. NO. Some RWers want one because they believe they'd control it.

33. Put me in the "no" column.

34. This is how The Handmaid's Tale becomes reality.

35. Absolutely NOT!

36. No

37. Only if you want a orderly secession amendment added to it.

38. No we don't need a Second Constitutional Convention.

39. The one we have is fine if applied with common sense, something

40. No, terrible idea.

41. I guess we are to assume we are in no danger of losing the present Constitution?

43. I think it would take a war or two to get to that point.

44. Absolutely not. The right wing would fuck it all up. nt

45. Absolutely not...It would take...

46. If we did, it would be our THIRD Constitutional Convention.

47. Yes, there was the Continental Congress.

48. NO! That is a far-right plan promoted (iirc) by the Kochs & their ilk. Maybe later. Much later.