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Remember that a constitutional convention could bring a new constitution without a declaration of rights, turning our constitutional republic into a totalitarian democracy resembling a dictatorship.

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Prohibition (supposedly ARTICLE XVIII; yeah, even the totalitarian dictatorship once thought it needed an amendment) required no "convention". Not that it matters; your vaunted constitutional republic became a totalitarian dictatorship at the end of 1913, though not cemented until it blew JFK's head off 50 years later.

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If it doesn't matter, why does it matter?

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