Interesting...so the house & senate really can be avoided if we get the states to act?
There isn’t going to be a constitutional convention. People on both sides have been trying to get one forever and there just aren’t the votes for it.
Besides, we may have 30 governors - but we don’t have 30 truly conservative governors that are in any mood to fight the current system.
The majority of the public wants to keep the freebies coming and that isn’t going to change until the economy collapses. It will at some point and then there will be a chance to rebuild things and change the constitution. At that time hopefully we will more clearly write any opportunity for socialism out of the Federal Government. That will require clarifying the “general welfare” clause and other areas the left uses to ram through their agenda. Thing is, the ability of the powers that be to kick the can down the road is incredible. While slowly imploding, the whole house of cards may not fall for many years to come.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress;
It is the Great Black Hole of the Constitution.
Once you light the fuse on this bottle rocket ain’t nobody who can control its direction. We could end up with amendments guaranteeing a Right to Income, Right to Education, Right to be Free from Religion, etc.