In practice, both bodies acted much like sober legislative chambers. [More]So nobody held sit-ins on the floor when they didn't get their way with infringements, or abetted misdirection and stonewalling over deadly crimes, or were willing participants in subversive activities, or were blatant, in-your-face oath-breakers transparently committed to cultural "cleansing," or..
The domestic enemies in those "sober" chambers don't follow the clear bright lines that exist now. What makes you think you're clever enough to come up with just the right incantation to tame the demons?
You "drafted the rules"?
How cute. How many guns do you have backing you up?
Did you run your rules by the embedded Marxists for a microaggression and white privilege check? How about Hollywood and the editorial boards? And all those politically-appointed federal judges?
Computer: End program. Exit holodeck.
God save me from "smart" people.
[Via Michael G]
And this is proposed as a "solution" to the problem of politicians violating the Constitution?
ReplyDeleteIf they aren't obeying the one we have, and you write a new one that protects our rights, why will they start obeying that one?
If they manage to write a new one that disregards our rights, how will that help?
I believe Matt Bracken's "Domestic Enemies" version of a future convention more than I believe this simulation, run by people who want to show that a convention can go well.