Our Constitution: Does it need to be reformed? Anybody who has ever run knows you can’t just randomly go out a run five miles without pain or taking breaks. It takes time, dedication, and patience to get into shape for running so that you are able to run those five miles painless and efficiently. Take that into consideration for a national state convention, you can’t just call for one and expect everything to run smoothly. It takes small steps in order to pursue great things. If the states were ever to obtain a convention, it would look like complete chaos. The last convention in 1787 was quiet, had closed doors, a vow of secrecy amongst the attendees, and people fighting for personal liberty. The Framers had different backgrounds and interest
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As Jefferson wrote the government ever became destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government (6). Today there is no point to abolish our government since it has succeeded for over 200 years. Though our government may have its flaws it is up to we the people to alter the constitution. In order to prevent chaos and to justify a peaceful constitutional convention; the solution is a “state convention”. An idea proposed by Andrea Billups was to have a convention for the states before calling a national constitutional convention. Here states could compare ideas and see what, if anything, they can agree on in amending the constitution (1). The states convention could be held every 5 years to where the states could reflect on possible changed for the constitution. If needed they could call for an emergency state convention if they see the Federal government is failing to do their job and something needs to …show more content…
Since we are a free nation, free to speak and to believe in what we want; there are so many different beliefs. This according to Madison is a good thing (5). Things will be less likely to change if we don’t address the problems we currently face as a country, problems through political parties and the government as a whole. Today the fault is that politicians are only in politics for personal gain and not for the people. If the states come to their senses and have a “state convention” and come upon common ground to help the people by amending the constitution to suit our personal rights, we shall have a constitutional. Still, taking one step at a time for a better nation. Until then the states need to come together and unify to add their input into
As Jefferson wrote the government ever became destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government (6). Today there is no point to abolish our government since it has succeeded for over 200 years. Though our government may have its flaws it is up to we the people to alter the constitution. In order to prevent chaos and to justify a peaceful constitutional convention; the solution is a “state convention”. An idea proposed by Andrea Billups was to have a convention for the states before calling a national constitutional convention. Here states could compare ideas and see what, if anything, they can agree on in amending the constitution (1). The states convention could be held every 5 years to where the states could reflect on possible changed for the constitution. If needed they could call for an emergency state convention if they see the Federal government is failing to do their job and something needs to …show more content…
Since we are a free nation, free to speak and to believe in what we want; there are so many different beliefs. This according to Madison is a good thing (5). Things will be less likely to change if we don’t address the problems we currently face as a country, problems through political parties and the government as a whole. Today the fault is that politicians are only in politics for personal gain and not for the people. If the states come to their senses and have a “state convention” and come upon common ground to help the people by amending the constitution to suit our personal rights, we shall have a constitutional. Still, taking one step at a time for a better nation. Until then the states need to come together and unify to add their input into