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8 Democrats Help Pass GOP Bill Forcing Teachers To Out Transgender Students (www.huffpost.com)
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Henry Cuellar, Donald Davis, Cleo Fields, Laura Gillen, Vicente Gonzalez, Marcy Kaptur, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Eugene Vindman

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You have less faith in your fellow Americans than I do. The key thing to remember is that any amendments proposed in a constitutional convention still need to be returned by 3/4 of the states. That alone will keep anything crazy from being passed.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    You don't understand what a constitutional convention is. It's a complete rewrite. Proposing amendments to the current constitution is something states can already do.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    No, you do not understand. Per Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Procedures_for_amending_the_Constitution

    The only mechanism the states have for directly proposing a constitutional amendment IS a constitutional convention. States can call for a convention for a single amendment. Now, it is scary in that there would be precedent, per the Articles of Confederation, for a convention to just propose anything. The original Constitutional Convention went well beyond its original purview.

    Again, there is one and only one mechanism states have for amending the constitution in any form. That is a constitutional convention. Otherwise amendments must be passed by 2/3rds vote through both houses of Congress.

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