[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 ...

[Durus]

A coup d'etat against what exactly? Regardless if you wish denigrate the Constitution you will be making a lot of enemies around here and yes that would include me.