Don't be surprised if the Repubs reconvene a new Constitutional Convention....

[RicROC]

if they win the House, Senate and Presidency.

[niyad]

1. That has been one of their wet dreams for decades.

[exboyfil]

2. Time to opt out

Federal debt to be proportioned to the new entities by electoral college count.

[RKP5637]

3. Would not be surprised. They are an invasive force taking down the US democracy while

cloaking themselves as the GOP. The republican party is gone.

[AntivaxHunters]

4. It wouldn't matter

because that is a state issue and requires a 34 state majority.
There's absolutely no chance in hell that red states get to that number of 34 especially now. If anything, it's blue states who will have that majority.

[JHB]

7. And even if blue states did, it would be beyond inadvisable to call one

The only people who have been planning for one are right-wing and libertarian wingnuts. Especially wealthy ones, like the Koch brothers, who have put resources into it. I would fully expect them to take control of any such convention.

[AntivaxHunters]

13. Oh I think it would be advisable for us to call one

This may make some feel uncomfortable & awkward here but the truth is the truth.

The Constitution is an outdated document written by white landowning men who owned people as property and are responsible for the mass genocide of First Nations people, my ancestors. This country's Constitution is incredibly out of date and despite trying to update it with amendments, nothing ever happens. We're ruled by a document that was written 100s of years ago & applying those laws to today is a study in stupid. It's a racist piece of paper that has no place in society today. None. And that's being reflected right now all across this country to the extreme. And that extremism is exactly why we don't have healthcare in this country, why gay marriage happened from a civil case, and why women are facing the reality of their civil rights being rolled back to 1890.

I firmly believe that if Democrats ever get to the 34 state threshold that they should immediately seize the opportunity and and have a Constitutional Convention. We need laws which protect the most vulnerable instead of wealthy white men who exploits their labor that they built their fortune on. We need to ensure that education, healthcare, housing, & utilities are all human rights as soon as humanly possible. We need to ensure that the civil rights of women and POC are protected at all costs.

I could write a novel on this.

[JHB]

15. Ok. Go raise about a billion dollars and work up a draft and a plan to...

...get it implemented while sidelining people who have other ideas.

That's what the Right has done, spread out over time since the 70s. Until there's a counter for that, it's inadvisable.

[AntivaxHunters]

18. Why should I raise a billion dollars when

all I have to do is take the money this country uses for endless war and simply redirect the funds? A billion dollars isn't much, pennies, in the eyes of the military industrial complex.

Or we could just seize Elon Musk's wealth and redistribute it. I'm all for that too

“They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.”
---Tupac

[JHB]

34. Because they have built an infrastructure. They have a game plan for how they'd set the agenda...

...drafts of their favored points and strategies for undermining competing points, and the PR infrastructure to make them look like the reasonable people.

Ad hoc very rarely beats prepared, organized, and ready.

[jimfields33]

20. I wonder if voters would find it acceptable saying

“The constitution is an outdated document.” It’d be interesting to at least do a nationwide poll. Results would be interesting.

[AntivaxHunters]

22. I believe that they would

Especially those of us who are POC

[Mad_Machine76]

33. I agree that the Constitution needs to be updated

but it would better and safer to use the amendment process. There are really no rules for a Convention and things could go off the rails pretty quickly with the MAGATS. We would need to have a supermajority in Congress to pass amendments but at least it would be a more controllable process.

[brush]

30. One of them died a year or so ago. The remaining one still has tons...

of money though. But they repubs are quite a few state legislative majorities away form having enough to convene a Constitutional convention.

[former9thward]

8. There are 28 Republican state governors.

The majority of states are under R control but I agree it would be difficult to reach 34.

[karynnj]

11. Not all 28 of those states are even close to under Republican control

Clearest counter examples, VT, MA, MD. Each as a Democratic legislature with a moderate Republican governor.

[former9thward]

31. The poster I replied to said the Ds would have the majority of states.

There is no evidence of that. The evidence is in the other direction.

[Moostache]

5. Then be prepared to split the union, end the republic

I am all for an independent reboot and new constitution...one that fixes many original errors.

No morevelectoral college. Senate apportioned by population. A line one ban on slavery. Start with remo al of the 3/5ths abomination. Codify a new Supreme Court. Codify Roe,, Loving, and Oberkfell. Introduce term limits of 12 years sat every branch of government. Outlaw the draft.

Start drawing up maps now. A USA and the Confederacy. Let's be ready to demand the nukes though....those crazy wingnuts would definitely use them.

[former9thward]

9. Most land based and air based nukes are in the red states.

I don't know how one side could demand them if they didn't have possession.

[Moostache]

32. Move them NOW.

Close the bases.
Relocate the weapons.
Act today or watch them aimed at us later...

[former9thward]

6. That can't be done.

It requires 2/3rds of both Houses of Congress. Neither party is going to get that many seats, now or in the forseeable future. The only other way for a convention is 2/3rds of the states applying for it, which is 34, but that has nothing to do with control of Congress and the Presidentcy.

[Wounded Bear]

10. While there are a lot of things I'd like to fix in the original, repubs don't have any answers...

at least none that I would probably support.

[Runningdawg]

12. Raised in a religious cult who has been planning this for 45 years.

They don't want ANY Constitution, SCOTUS or Congress. They want a full on Theocracy, a country governed exclusively by their interpretation of the bible. No one but a white christian male will be able to hold land, own a business or vote.
They have NO intention of splitting the country, they want it all.
They have been acquiring weapons (not just guns) training and organizing for 45 years.
Remember what men have done in the name of god over the centuries and plan accordingly.

[CrispyQ]

14. This: They have NO intention of splitting the country, they want it all.

And tons of them are salivating at the chance to kill some libs. I have some nutjobs in my family who I'm sure fall into that category.

[Tickle]

16. I googled it

January of 2022

Nebraska becomes 17th state to call for Constitutional Convention

we are half way there

[Sympthsical]

17. You won't get 2/3 of the states going for it

Forget about 2/3 of the House and Senate.

There is nowhere near enough trust between the two sides for anyone to think opening that hen house would be a good idea.

[Tickle]

21. 4 this year

S. C. just became on in March

[Sympthsical]

24. Doesn't matter

It's just not something that's going to happen.

We have enough real things to worry about.

[Tickle]

26. ok but check this out

States where the Convention of States Application has passed in one chamber but not the other (all time):

New Mexico, Iowa, South Dakota, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire

States considering the Convention of States Resolution in 2022:

Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

[Sympthsical]

27. "Considering" would have to mean something likely or tangible

And if anyone thinks states like Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont are just dying to let the yahoos in, I don't know what to say.

What is the definition of "considering" here? Because if it's, "random legislator introduces something" then I think we can rest easy.

We literally couldn't pass one amendment if we tried right now. Somehow we're going to upend the entire Constitution?

Fears should be grounded in the concrete.

[Tickle]

28. I gather you don't want it to

happen. I don't know enough about it to converse with you

What has caught my eye is the line

"States considering the Convention of States Resolution in 2022:"

Why mention a year if they were not going to vote on it or am I just reading into it

[Tickle]

25. this will be my last post but it gets even stranger because they/we could do it

States where the Convention of States Application has passed in one chamber but not the other (all time):

New Mexico, Iowa, South Dakota, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire

States considering the Convention of States Resolution in 2022:

Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

[Tickle]

19. damn I gave you wrong info

There are 19 states

States that have passed the Convention of States application (19):


1. Georgia March 6, 2014

2. Alaska April 19, 2014

3. Florida April 21, 2014

4. Alabama May 22, 2015

5. Tennessee February 4, 2016

6. Indiana February 29, 2016

7. Oklahoma April 25, 2016

8. Louisiana May 25, 2016

9. Arizona March 13, 2017

10. North Dakota March 24, 2017

11. Texas May 4, 2017

12. Missouri May 12, 2017

13. Arkansas February 14, 2019

14. Utah March 5, 2019

15. Mississippi March 27, 2019

16. Wisconsin January 25, 2022

17. Nebraska January 28, 2022

18. West Virginia March 4, 2022

19. South Carolina March 29, 2022

What's going on that 4 states this year have already joined

[Demsrule86]

23. It won't work...same reason we can't get amendments through.

[PortTack]

29. Not going to happen...lots of things to worry about..this isn't one of them