A Constitutional Convention Is a Dangerous Idea
The left’s assault on liberty never rests, so don’t ever be sucked into supporting the dangerous idea of a new constitutional convention, even if its stated purposes purport to be limited.
Recently, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria spoke admiringly of how “Iceland is actually junking its own constitution and starting anew and … soliciting ideas from all of Iceland’s 320,000 citizens, with the help of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.”
Zakaria beamed as he ticked off some of the wonderful ideas proposed by Icelanders, such as “guaranteed good health care” and “campaign finance systems that make corporate donations illegal.”
Putting aside the obvious question of how Barack Obama, Russ Feingold and John McCain managed to get on Iceland’s social networks, I hope idealistic Americans don’t get any ideas from this tiny nation’s dubious project.
Harold
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