According to the following article, the Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, Andre Bauer, wants a Constitutional Convention to deal with Obamacare.
Bear in mind folks, this puts everything in the Constitution up for grabs. The Bill of Rights. Free Speech. The Second Amendment. Everything.
And yet this idiot, a Republican, no less, is promoting this because he confidently predicts that the court challenges will fail and repeal is impossible because of BO. Never mind that BO is almost certain to be booted out in 2012, barring any idiocy by the GOP.
This guy is a dangerous idiot. He could probably get the support of Dems, because they would love to get their filthy hands on the Bill of Rights and a lot of other stuff in there.
I implore you. Shut this idiot up.
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Not entirely true
Tom Anderson (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:39AM EST (link)States can call for an Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments. Having a constitutional convention DOES NOT have to open up the entire constitution to revision and/or amendment. Most constitutional scholars agree that the call for a convention can be limited to a single issue or amendment proposal.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke
with all due respect sir.
avgjo (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 11:26AM EST (link)That’s only half the case. There is nothing in Article V limiting the scope of such a convention. Indeed, the Senate passed a bill to try to limit the scope of such a convention in 1971 and again in 1973, but it got tied up and died in committee in House.
This would go to the Federal courts. Do you trust them?
An amendment is okay. That’s how we should do it.
A convention? NO WAY.
Ceterum autem censeo, Obamaecuram esse delendam.