Resolved A person (collectively, the people) is a member of Homo sapiens, or its equivalent or superior descendants, once it is born (or otherwise developmentally viable). Notes This is a very tricky resolution that will likely be much debated. Basically, you have to be a human who is developed enough not to require a womb […]
Resolved That the first Article of this Constitution be of the rights and protections of the people. The relevant government entities defined in later articles can be very briefly defined prior to the Article once they are determined and so as to avoid confusion. Notes Despite the first constitution starting “We the People”, it largely […]
Going through the transcripts isn’t quite as time-consuming as I thought. You can pretty much skip the first half of a session and just do an extended one after the lunch break. By the time dinner rolls around, you’re done. A lot of the things getting talked about were pretty predictable. For the most part, […]
When I left off in my moment of glory, it was with the hope that we’d tackle larger themes first and then, over time, develop them into more detailed topics. Yeah…that didn’t even last until lunchtime. To be fair, a couple of delegates tried. Following up on my resolution, Dabney Thom rose up and spoke […]
We’re in it, now. The Blue faction of the “Committee of the Whole” gathered for its first session in the Constitution Chamber. It was considerably less crowded that the full session we had yesterday. It also felt a lot less tense. Not that there wasn’t a getting-down-to-business air floating about, but I, at least, felt […]
Volunteering, at any level, is almost a certain path to more work. Ask me how I know. So, you remember that consolidated Constitution three of us put together? Well, we distributed them and…but I’m getting ahead of myself. When we reconvened in the Constitution Chamber, I found out the truth of the fights. They did, […]
Apparently, a lot of behind the scenes stuff was already underway as we didn’t reconvene in the main hall for the next four days. Without being one of the “in-crowd”, I initially didn’t have any idea about what was going on, but since I’ve found that if you’re patient and stay quiet long enough, people […]
Constitution Chamber, which is what the large hall was named (according to the brass plaque at the two main entrances, was pretty much what you’d expect: very much like a college lecture hall. The seat-desk things — the backs of seats had a slide-up/out board to serve as a desk — where arranged in a […]
Moving day. Fun. Four hundred twenty-five of us (375 delegates plus 1 alternate for each state) gathered at five in the morning at the basketball arena of the Wichita State (Kansas) Shockers. This location chosen as it was close the the geographical center of the contiguous US while also not being so populous that security […]
For some reason, it wasn’t until now that I really started to grasp what I’d signed up for. I would be part of a group of people tasked with updating the foundational document of the United States. Holy shit. It’s not that I’m eminently qualified for the job. It just happens that the make up […]
