{"id":14681,"date":"2018-06-06T00:04:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T07:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14681"},"modified":"2018-06-06T00:04:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T07:04:53","slug":"progressives-dream-constitutional-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/06\/06\/progressives-dream-constitutional-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressives’ Dream Constitutional Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

     A group in, of course, California are launching an initiative position to stake out an ultra-Left wing set of demands<\/a> to be put forth if an Article V convention were ever called. While it is unlikely that 2<\/sup>\/3<\/sub> of states would call for a convention to push all of these insane proposals, this Constitutional Convention (not a mis-named “convention of the states”, since the Convention is a creature of the Federal Constitution and not the states) might, if triggered during even a brief resurgence of the Left’s control of sufficient states, allow a “run-away convention” to formally propose them since it is the Convention (and not the states) that is explicitly given the same power to propose Amendments that Congress has utilized.<\/p>\n

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     Amongst some of the more crazed elements of moonbattery<\/a> include, in addition to the usual calls for free healthcare, free college, free housing, free money, &c.:<\/p>\n