A Second Constitutional Convention Could Destroy America

A Second Constitutional Convention could destroy America as we know it. Frighteningly, calls to hold such a convention are gaining steam on both sides of the political spectrum.

For example, The Week’s Ryan Cooper blames the ongoing government shutdown on “America’s ailing Constitution.” Cooper blames the Constitution because it contains no mechanism to prevent a shutdown.

Cooper correctly notes that conflicts like the one between President Donald J. Trump (R-New York) and the House of Representatives cannot happen in parliamentary democracies; like Canada, and the United Kingdom. To clarify in a parliamentary system the national legislature appoints the chief executive (Prime Minister, First Minister, or Chancellor).

“The U.S. Constitution was clearly outdated 100 years ago,” Cooper writes. “It might be time to start thinking about how to replace it.”

A Movement for a Second Constitutional Convention is underway

Frighteningly, some people have taken Cooper’s advice and are a planning a Second Constitutional Convention.

“I think we’re three or four years away,” former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma said of a Second Constitutional Convention in August 2018. In detail, Coburn…