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I am not going to get snippy about blog pimping since I am a subscriber to the blog. I do sense the timing is important to avoiding the wrath of a certain blog pimping attack advocate.

I find the follow on squib written in 2016 to be far more relevant than your latest. http://articlevblog.com/2016/11/scotus-and-societal-corruption/I have been a follower of Article V efforts long before COS came along, or the now defunct Assembly of State Legislatures.

Your 2016 squib does not inspire me to sign on to the COS methods for all your stated reasons and the major point of disagreement placing too much blame on SCOTUS. I am not denying SCOTUS as an issue, just that We the People deserve our share of the blame, otherwise how over many many years did we suddenly find ourselves where we are.

We or our forefathers allowed what has happened to happen. It was never the fault of the Constitution, and so amending it or proposing amendments when the Constitution is not the problem would only exacerbate the situation.

We are the problem, and the SCOTUS enabled we through decisions the conservative populace were not in favor of. The progressive side of the populace growing ever larger, louder, and loving the progressive direction toward the Hell they see as Utopia have been bolstered to the point we are split down the middle in appearance.

The split however is not equal. the conservative populace still outnumbers the progressives but only when sufficiently motivated by maybe a Donald J. Trump. Before I get further in the weeds, we agree completely that repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment should be front and center as an issue of States Rights gone wrong.

I see that as a far better issue to bring us back to reality than endless amendments none of which will solve the problems brought about by the Seventeenth, and very well could open the Constitution to way too much needless progressive scrutiny.