winzir Democratic Fears of a Constitutional Convention
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Robinson’s history of comments that have been widely criticized as antisemitic and anti-gay made him a deeply polarizing figure in North Carolina long before his bid for governor was upended last week by a CNN report that he had called himself a “Black NAZI” and praised slavery while posting on a pornographic website between 2008 and 2012. Now, some of his allies are abandoning him. Most of his senior campaign staff members have resigned. The Republican Governors Association said that its pro-Robinson ads would expire tomorrow and that no new ones had been placed. And former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Robinson in the spring, calling him “Martin Luther King on steroids,” did not mention him once during his rally in the state over the weekend.
Re “Democrats Aim to Foil a Constitutional Rewrite” (news article, Dec. 17):
Your story about the possibility of Donald Trump and his congressional acolytes convening a constitutional convention raises the question: Would he even need to?
Aside from the Second Amendment, Mr. Trump has shown little knowledge of, and even less respect for, the document and the boundaries it sets for presidential power. And while it’s true that past Supreme Courts have reined in previous presidents acting unconstitutionally, the jury is out on whether we can count on the current justices to continue that precedent.
Isaac SegalCherry Hill, N.J.
To the Editor:
This ridiculous concern over hypothetical threats is typical of California politics. Instead of addressing the real, mundane problems that his constituents face, ranging from exploding home insurance costs to dire transit funding shortfalls, a Democratic state senator, Scott Wiener, has drummed up an imaginary problem to solve by trying to rescind the state’s calls for a constitutional convention.
If there’s one thing that Democrats nationwide should have learned from the 2024 election, it’s that you need to deliver real, tangible wins for your constituents if you want them to vote for you. Let’s focus on that, instead of inventing more of these fear-mongering publicity stunts.
Jacob C. FisherSan Francisco
To the Editor:
The example of the original Constitutional Convention provides good reason to fear a second one.
Called in 1787 to address perceived flaws in the nation’s original governing charter, the Articles of Confederation, the convention quickly reached far beyond that. The delegates decided the Articles were unfixable and so set about constructing an entirely new federal framework.
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