A new constitutional convention in this day and age scares me. There is even a big push being started to amend the Const. to allow a foreign born person to become president of the US. What other wonderful ideas would be championed and lobbied for at a convention if held in today's times?
Scares me too. We might end up with something horrifying like the EU nightmare.
But something has to be done to put the brakes on the train headed for the cliff.
Perhaps the simplest, but somewhat clunky solution is to add amendments that clarify how a derived "right" will be identified, and who will actually ratify it.
In defense of the defenders here, it is true that most of the mechanisms to change things exist in the Constitution now, under the authority of the Congress. But the problem has been that the Congress is politically unwilling to, since they are accountable, while the judiciary is not.
One truly useful thing to do would be to start making judges accountable either through term limits, re-appointment elections, and rather liberal use of impeachment.
Exactly correct.
We don't need another CC, we just need to return to the original document, and its intentions and rules.