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Originally Posted by savage560
Just heard a couple of days ago about how T. Jefferson wrote a treatise, that he believed a "constitutional convention" should be held every 20 years or so, so it the US Constitution keeps up with current times.For the purpose to be amended or revised!Isn't that interesting, a founding father was being more progressive than the conservative stiffs of today,
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What purpose would a Constitutional convention held every twenty years really serve in this day and age if the same mechanisms for amending the Constitution are still in effect? Think about the time in which Jefferson lived versus today. We have a twenty four hour news cycle. News and information can spread around the globe almost in real time with radio and television and the internet. In his day the idea made sense. It would have provided people with an opportunity to convene and share ideas. Technology has rendered that point moot.