The problem with that notion is the competency -- the Founders had a sense of what they were trying to do, and a command of language rarely seen since. Find a law-maker today capable of such incisive articulation. I don't think even Spaw could match it....

But the constitution doesn't specify muzzle loaders. The beauty of it is that it has a level of abstraction that is just abstract enough to survive local issues and entanglements, and still be applicable and useful.

And if somehow a continental congress were to be called, first thing that would happen is a Republican would try to buy it.

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