Constitutional Convention for Illinois

Here is a blog by Ramsin Canon that really captures what is the basic difference between those supporting and opposing a constitutional convention. It's conclusion goes something like this: American political philosophy, rooted in Jefferson and Paine, says that not knowing the future is an opportunity to take action and remake it; that drastic change from below is often preferable to measured change from on top.

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