Glenn Harlan Reynolds is a law professor and one of the first well-known bloggers as Instapundit. Here he writes for USA Today on the topic of confidence in government and the likelihood of a constitutional convention. Reynolds opines:
In the American system, a Constitutional Convention -- which has never been held since the Constitution was adopted -- is the last stop before revolution. It was intended as a way for the people to end-run the political establishment; if enough states request a convention, Congress has no choice but to call it, and the resulting proposals go straight to the states for ratification, bypassing Congress. It's a way to make drastic changes when the political class has blocked smaller ones.
Are we there yet? I don't think so. But we're getting closer all the time. Political class, take note.
