(Ryan Hite) Yesterday was the 238th anniversary of the signing of our great United States Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787. This is a good occasion for every American citizen not only to reread the Constitution, but to learn the authentic history of how our Constitution was written and how to defend it! Here’s Phyllis Schlafly from the archives on two significant threats our Constitution faces today:
(Phyllis Schlafly) Several groups are currently toying with the notion of calling another Constitutional Convention (Con Con) to pass a constitutional amendment favored by the group but which the Congress has not seen fit to pass. Some people are eager to have a Marriage Amendment, some a Balanced Budget Amendment, some a Right-to-Life Amendment. Although a Con Con is legal, it would be very foolish because, once a Constitutional Convention is convened, it can make its own rules and set its own agenda. A lot of powerful people don’t like our Constitution and structure of government, and they would seize the opportunity to make major changes. Big Media would become a big player in a Con Con. I don’t see any George Washingtons or James Madisons or Ben Franklins in our country today, and I don’t trust the politicians who think they can be today’s George Washington, James Madison or Ben Franklin.
A second attack on our Constitution is corning from those who want to change our constitutional form of government by subverting the Electoral College, the process by which our Presidents are elected. The Electoral College is the mirror image of the Great Compromise between the big states and the small states worked out at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Electoral College has served us well for more than two centuries, and “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” At least we shouldn’t allow it to be bypassed by unconstitutional legislation.
Make Constitution Day meaningful this year by resolving to study both the text that all our public officials swear to uphold and defend, and how and why a small group of great men, led by George Washington and James Madison got the Constitution adopted.
This post originally appeared at https://phyllisschlafly.com/constitution/why-you-should-re-study-the-constitution/