[Durus]

It sounds as if you aren't fond of the constitution.

[TomSmedley]

The constitutional convention was a quiet and dignified coup d'etat that brought a host of evils into our national experience. You can read the story for yourself in the excellently-footnoted book Political Polytheism by Gary North -- available as a free download at http://www.freebooks.com. I believe he has also published an abridged version of that tome with a title something like Conspiracy in Philadelpia ...