Kill the constitution? A rewrite is Florida's latest nutty idea - Commentary

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Kill the constitution? A rewrite is Florida’s latest nutty idea | Commentary

Florida politicians hatch so many harebrained ideas that it’s sometimes hard to keep track. Seriously, this state cultivates quackery the way Idaho does potatoes.

So you may have missed the latest head-shaker to come out of the Florida Legislature — a proposal to do away with Florida’s current constitution.

No, I’m not kidding. If I were kidding, I’d say: I’m so bad at math that if I got 50 cents for every math test I failed, I’d have $1.63 by now.

This, my friends, is serious. State Rep. Spencer Roach — the same GOP House member who helped hatch the government plan to take over Disney World — recently said he was launching a crusade to scrap the current state constitution and replace it with a new one.

Because who needs things like due process and freedom of speech? Clunky and outdated ideals like that can get in the way of an authoritarian agenda.

Roach took to Twitter last month to declare: “We need a complete rewrite of the Florida Constitution.” He then hit the road to make his case.

[Lovie777]

1. Doesn't appear that the GQP will have enough states to change the USA's Constitution.....

therefore they will try and change the state Constitution that they are fully in control of for now.

So, basically, the Blue States are following the USA's Constitution and the GQP states want to change theirs.

Bottom line......................................

Democracy re: Blue states

Facsim re: Red states

[rsdsharp]

2. They would still be bound by the provisions of the US Constitution.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

Article VI, cl2

[anciano]

3. Agreed that they would be bound "in theory",

but my concern would be "enforcement". For example, the Repub legislators in Alabama defied the Supreme Court just last Friday with their new Congressional election map. Who is going to force them to comply?
PS not trying to be a devil's advocate, but genuinely seeking knowledge here...

[rsdsharp]

4. The President is charged with "tak[ing] Care that the Laws be faithfully executed

Article II, Sec. 3.

In 1957, Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to protect the Little Rock Nine, and enforce Brown v Board of Education.

Lincoln fought a civil war to protect the Constitution, and preserve the Union.

The problem is if a President emulates Jackson when he said “[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.”

[CurtEastPoint]

5. and he served in the military AND has a law degree.

[onethatcares]

8. a bit heavy on the makeup there

dontcha think?

His thoughts fit his surname though and Florida is full of them.

How does one broach the re write of the state constitution? Do they get on a dias and say, "You folks aren't entitled to any of the rights and privleges of the rest of the states and we're going to take away as many as we can"

FFS, he supposedly swore an oath to support the Constitution and protect it from all enemies both foreign and domestic.

[Timeflyer]

6. The Florida constitution contains a "privacy clause" that makes Talibangelicals crazy.

"Every natural person has a right to let alone and free from government intrusion in the person's private life except as otherwise provided herein..." has been used to protect women's right to make decisions about their reproductive health.

[In It to Win It]

7. Let's hope the zealots on the Florida Supreme Court keeps it that way