07-18-2016, 02:02 PM
(07-18-2016, 01:39 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If Aeticle 5 does not apply then how do we decide if the new constitution is valid? Who gets to say what is in the new constitution?
All depends on the situation. Too many variables to say what would happen in any given instance. Ideal situation, to me, since Article V doesn't discuss a new constitution so much as making amendments is that an amendment is passed to take that on. Effectively ending the current constitution upon the creation of a new and setting up the guidelines for such. But there are a number of situations that could occur.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
