I'm looking for a little help with the latest bit of my timeline (see link in my sig if you aren't reading it already) but also thought this might be an interesting general question to pose anyway as I've changed very little about the US in this period in deep social/economic terms:
The Constitution provides for a Constitutional Convention to be called is 2/3rds of state legislatures (or of Congress) vote in favour of one.
Leaving aside how this might occur for the time being (in my timeline its the product of a loose coalition between Bryan-type populists, progressives, and socialists), what issues do people think would be discussed?
My (inexpert) list so far includes:
*Reform of the Senate
*Prohibition
*Female Suffrage
*Minimum wage/working conditions?
*Jim Crow?
*Tariff Reform?
*Government ownership of national industries?
I'm not, crucially, saying these would be passed as amendments. I'm more looking for the ideas delegates would bring to the Convention in the first place.
I'm not an expert, and it is a little research for my timeline, but I thought it could be an interesting "What If" topic more generally. Whilst I appreciate it is unlikely, I'm not convinced its ASB, and, as I say, its more of a "but what if it did happen" question.
Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong section.
The Constitution provides for a Constitutional Convention to be called is 2/3rds of state legislatures (or of Congress) vote in favour of one.
Leaving aside how this might occur for the time being (in my timeline its the product of a loose coalition between Bryan-type populists, progressives, and socialists), what issues do people think would be discussed?
My (inexpert) list so far includes:
*Reform of the Senate
*Prohibition
*Female Suffrage
*Minimum wage/working conditions?
*Jim Crow?
*Tariff Reform?
*Government ownership of national industries?
I'm not, crucially, saying these would be passed as amendments. I'm more looking for the ideas delegates would bring to the Convention in the first place.
I'm not an expert, and it is a little research for my timeline, but I thought it could be an interesting "What If" topic more generally. Whilst I appreciate it is unlikely, I'm not convinced its ASB, and, as I say, its more of a "but what if it did happen" question.
Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong section.