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“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” ~ Daniel Webster | “Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” ~ Daniel Webster | ||
| − | “I certainly would not want a Constitutional Convention. I mean whoa. Who knows what would come out of that?” ~ Justice Scalia | + | “I certainly would not want a Constitutional Convention. I mean whoa. Who knows what would come out of that?” ~ Supreme Court Justice Scalia in a videotaped discussion |
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| + | “one of the most serious problems Article V poses is a runaway convention. There is no enforceable mechanism to prevent a convention from reporting out wholesale changes to our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Moreover, the absence of any mechanism to ensure representative selection of delegates could put a runaway convention in the hands of single-issue groups whose self-interest may be contrary to our national well-being.” - Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, in answering questions about limiting a Constitutional Convention. | ||
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Revision as of 00:12, 8 February 2017
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” ~ Daniel Webster
“I certainly would not want a Constitutional Convention. I mean whoa. Who knows what would come out of that?” ~ Supreme Court Justice Scalia in a videotaped discussion
“one of the most serious problems Article V poses is a runaway convention. There is no enforceable mechanism to prevent a convention from reporting out wholesale changes to our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Moreover, the absence of any mechanism to ensure representative selection of delegates could put a runaway convention in the hands of single-issue groups whose self-interest may be contrary to our national well-being.” - Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, in answering questions about limiting a Constitutional Convention.
