Re: Why the U.S. needs a constitutional convention
I think it would be easier to elect a libertarian or some other individual who actually believes that the constitution, whatever it says, must be abided by or changed, not changed via manipulation and legislative fiat with judicial complicity.
The Bush admin told the Supreme Court it viewed teh 2nd amendment to confer an individual right to keep and bear arms and since that time there have been no significant challenges to the 2nd.
I don't like Bush, but it is an example of how the office of the presidency can influence perception of the constitution. For whatever reason the Supremes seem to go along with whomever is president to a large extent.
Even FDR and his court packing scheme.
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Rightful liberty is unobstructed action, according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others --- Thomas Jefferson
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