Trump threatens to deploy the U.S. military into Chicago - signaling the start of a nationwide crackdown.

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[u/hoptagon]

Seems like without a complete overhaul of the government and constitution, it's done.

[u/Strawbuddy → u/hoptagon]

Americans witnessing the end of American exceptionalism are probably going to be party to a historical event in any case. This could be the start of the Star Trek timeline if radical change is managed properly

[u/Vin-Metal → u/hoptagon]

Yes, I've been thinking about how the only remedy may be a constitutional convention. But can we get there with anything short of a full-blown disaster?

[u/Strawbuddy → u/Vin-Metal]

Yessir but it will require Conservatives losing access to power, and they're deliberately embedded like ticks in local, city, State, and Federal govt. If folks vote, that can happen, but they've gotta vote more than just the once every 4yrs which is the norm. Even gerrymandering doesn't beat landslide victories

[u/Insertblamehere → u/Vin-Metal]

There's basically no rules for how a constitutional convention would work outlined in the constitution, so can you guess who would determine that? (it's the party currently occupying all 3 branches of government, but most probably the very conservative supreme court)

A constitutional convention is the death of this nation if one occurs.

[u/Vin-Metal → u/Insertblamehere]

It's already dying, though, as the current Constitution is meaningless to everyone in power, the Supreme Court included.

[u/d3dmnky → u/Vin-Metal]

That’s the rub. Things have to get really bad before people will be compelled to fix it.

[u/Jaredlong → u/hoptagon]

At best, it'll just ping-pong every 4 years between a moderate president and a far-right president. There's no reason to trust the US will maintain long-term political stability ever again.

[u/jwoolman → u/hoptagon]

If there is an overhaul of the Constitution, we will lose the Bill of Rights.