“An Article V convention of the states starts the process of states adding amendments to the existing constitution”
That means changing the Constitution. It does not need to be changed. It needs to be abided by.
We don’t need a balanced budget amendment. The job of the Congress of the United States is fiscal management. If they don’t do it properly we need a new Congress.
We dont’ need a gay marriage amendment. The 10th Amendment takes care of unconstitutional laws and SCOTUS rulings.
We need to limit lifetime congressional office terms to 12 years.
6 terms in the House, two in the Senate or a combination that makes 12.
Current system is a cash machine for the good ol boys and newbies are told to sit down and shutup while the back-room deals are made.
A concept so simple, yet so hard to grasp, even by folks right here on FR. They are ignoring the Constitution entirely, but more Amendments will fix that. LOL. Article V supporters will not getwhat they expect from a cpnvention.
I do not believe we will get a congress to abide by the constitution. Nor the judiciary and to an extent the executive. It is not the constitution per-say that is defective rather the people in government are defective. A a supporter of the CoS my objective is to arrest the proclivities of our presently evil government by arresting it’s ability to impose its will upon us. Granted this is an ambitious goal. I think our first attempt at a CoS should focus on the repeal of the 17th amendment. And no I do not fear a runaway CoS. I believe the ratification process reasonabably protects us against that. I do fear our runaway government. A government that is on the cusp of dictatorship as I type this.