Constitutional Convention [View all]

I read that there is a Republican push to have a Constitutional Convention to rewrite the Constitution as an authoritarian document. I think that if they try to do that, it is possible that some (many? all?) blue controlled States might secede. The Trump Regime is illegitimate. Since they are basically suspending the Constitution, then we are not obliged to follow it either. That means that States could be free to act independently.

The Trump Regime is repeatedly and willfully in violation of the U.S. Constitution. They have usurped the funding and budgetary powers of the Congress. They are usurping the legislative powers of the Congress by making "law" with Executive Orders that are diktats. They are dissolving federal agencies established by the Congress that only Congress has the right to defund or dissolve. They are in open defiance of the Judicial Branch and the Courts. They are in violation of the Amendments that provide Due Process and against Illegal Searches and Seizures. They no longer abide by the Constitution so their Authority is Null and Void.

Since their Federal Government is therefore legally defunct, the powers, rights, and responsibilities of government to protect the lives and rights of citizens should naturally devolve to the States. All Democratically controlled States should prepare charges against all Trump Regime agents that violate State Laws. That includes kidnapping people off of the streets with no due process.

If the Trump Regime is creating a fascist Federal State, free States have a right to resist and that might include secession. Seceding States would naturally ally with each other, and with former friendly nations like our neighbor Canada and the European nations. I hope that we can maintain the Union and prevent a Fascist Government from being established, but the dissolution of the Union and Civil Conflict might occur if Trump and his Allies try to rewrite the Constitution to formally establish a Dictatorship and Authoritarian Government.