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| blog:can_we_trust_the_constitution_answering_the_runaway_convention_myth [2015/12/27 22:10] – created Oliver Wolcott | blog:can_we_trust_the_constitution_answering_the_runaway_convention_myth [2019/04/05 22:32] – Oliver Wolcott | ||
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| //All 13 state legislatures consented to the new ratification process by calling conventions of the people to vote on the merits of the Constitution.// | //All 13 state legislatures consented to the new ratification process by calling conventions of the people to vote on the merits of the Constitution.// | ||
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| Twelve states held popular elections to vote for delegates. Rhode Island made every voter a delegate and held a series of town meetings to vote on the Constitution. Every state legislature consented to the new process that was aimed at obtaining the consent of the people themselves. | Twelve states held popular elections to vote for delegates. Rhode Island made every voter a delegate and held a series of town meetings to vote on the Constitution. Every state legislature consented to the new process that was aimed at obtaining the consent of the people themselves. | ||
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| **Those who claim to be constitutionalists while contending that the Constitution was illegally adopted are self-conflicted. It is like saying George Washington was a great American hero, but he was also a British Spy. I stand with the integrity of the Constitution. ** | **Those who claim to be constitutionalists while contending that the Constitution was illegally adopted are self-conflicted. It is like saying George Washington was a great American hero, but he was also a British Spy. I stand with the integrity of the Constitution. ** | ||
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