As Republicans prepare to take control of Congress and the White House, among the many scenarios keeping Democrats up at night is an event that many Americans consider a historical relic: a constitutional convention.
The 1787 gathering in Philadelphia to write the Constitution was the one and only time state representatives have convened to work on the document.
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We don't need a Constitutional Convention. We have a fine Constitution, it's the government that keeps misinterpreting it and fucking it up.