‘This Is History Being Rewritten’: Keisean Raines Sounds Alarm Over Push For U.S. Constitutional Convention https://shinemycrown.com/this-is-history-being-rewritten-keisean-raines-sounds-alarm-over-push-for-u-s-constitutional-convention/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ConstitutionalConvention #HistoryInTheMaking #KeiseanRaines #USPolitics #CivilRights

Yuck.

I create a corrupt-Trump action classification called #MonkeyWrenchTheSystem and then ideas of how to do it bigly start gathering;

#MartialLaw
#ConstitutionalConvention
#ExpandSCOTUS

Others?

Thing is - the #Project2025 folk will have been gathering all these together for years I think. If so they've got a book full of them. And with action pathways attached.

#USPol

Constitutional Modernization

Problems: Outdated structures not suited to modern society and technology.

Reform Focus: Consider a #constitutionalconvention or amendments to address structural inequities and modernise the framework (e.g., clear right to vote, privacy, healthcare). 12)

#ConstitutionalConvention
It's all a huge conspiracy to end America.

How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power

September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" — https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm
#HackerNews #ConstitutionalConvention #History #FoundingFathers #AmericanRepublic #1787

#ConstitutionDay - Sept 17, 2024 | U.S. #Constitution

On Sept 17, 1787, the delegates to the #ConstitutionalConvention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. We encourage all Americans to observe this important day in our history by attending local events in your area. Celebrate Constitution Day through activities, learning, parades and demonstrations of our Love for the #USA & the Blessings of #Freedom Our #FoundingFathers secured for us.

https://constitutionday.com/

#GOP plan to change the #constitution via a #ConstitutionalConvention

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/constituion/

#NationalBlackJusticeCoalition #Condemns #Fraternity’s #Ban on #Trans #Members.

According to a #story first reported by #GLAAD, at a recent #constitutionalconvention members of #AlphaPhiAlpha voted to restrict #fraternity #membership to #people who are “#naturallybornmale.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.them.us/story/alpha-phi-alpha-fraternity-transgender-member-ban

@indivisibleteam These are all problems in the Constitution itself. That document is fucked beyond repair, IMHO; it's time for a new #constitutionalConvention.

@tuban_muzuru
Sign me up for the #ConstitutionalConvention you’re organizing!

«The #Republicans are plotting to literally rewrite the #Constitution to eliminate core rights and protections
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Imagine living in a country w/o #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, the #AffordableCareAct, the right to organize a #union, #CivilRights enforcement, and #CleanAir and water protections, let alone action to stop #ClimateCollapse. The #ConstitutionalConvention, in the plain language of the leading organizer for it, aims “to reverse 115 years of progressivism”»

https://newrepublic.com/article/178442/republicans-rewrite-constitution-radicalism-beyond-trump

A #ConstitutionalConvention #controlled by the #farright is a #ChristanNationalist #feverdream that threatens to #irreparably #damage our #nation.

#America! Awaken to the #reality that this is no longer #Fascists #secretdesire, but a #looming #nightmare inching towards #reality.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/consitutional-convention

@tess
“Until the 2nd Amendment is repealed” is a long way of saying never.

Or it’s a call for a #ConstitutionalConvention.

Personally, I have my preferences on interpretation.

@Acronymesis @servelan @MJ @TonyStark
FWIW this is a wicked problem of involving #OnePersonOneVote a #ConstitutionalConvention and civic literacy (which is a function of overall literacy): https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-united-states-unamendable-constitution

@Acronymesis @Podophyllum @TonyStark
Before getting into historical #American trivia, the root of this thread is the idea that the citizens of the United States will be able to organize a #ConstitutionalConvention anytime soon.

People cannot name their city council representative, but a new constitutional amendment is feasible?

Sure.

Okay.

Sept.17 marks the anniversary of the signing of the #Constitution.
#JamesMadison wrote to #ThomasJefferson in March 1787, when plans were underway for the #ConstitutionalConvention, “What may be the result of this political experiment cannot be foreseen.”
11 days before the Constitution was signed, Madison wrote Jefferson, “If the present moment be lost it is hard to say what may be our fate.”

#ConstitutionDay #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter

#OTD 1787, the #ConstitutionalConvention debated when to end the slave trade.
Madison objected to the proposed date of 1808, explaining, “Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves."
Learn more: https://vimeo.com/146647505

Photo of “E Pluribus Unum,” mosaic by Rebecca Warde, courtesy of Montpelier.

#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter

@flexghost @quincypeck

My point, too. 😣

IMO to 1787 would be ideal for them. (#ConstitutionalConvention)

They would like to reset the clock to strengthen the poisonous vein in the US constitution and its institutions.

#GOPHandmaidsTale

Aug. 12 1787 #JamesMadison saw no end in sight at the #ConstitutionalConvention.
He wrote to his father: “It is not possible yet to determine the period to which the Session will be spun out. It must be some weeks from this date at least, and possibly may be computed by months.”
Despite his misgivings, the delegates managed to complete the work just 5 weeks later.

Photo by Daniel James.
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter