A majority of our current elected and appointed government representatives - by and large ignore the current Constitution or bend it to achieve their goals. Why should anyone believe that a Convention of the States will make the people in power behave any differently? Our current batch of representatives and government leaders will treat any revision (or re-write) of our premier governing document as they do the current one.
We will either elect a majority of representatives who will impeach and remove those who do not uphold the Constitution and who will jail traitors and the seditious - or we will continue pretending that the Constitution is law of the land and see our republic evolve into a socialist state or worst.
Related: If our government fails to stop the invasion of illegals from the south, we can look forward to Soro's vision for America coming to pass. Our republic as envisioned by the founders will be over.
At the close of the constitutional convention of 1787, we have this exchange between Benjamin Franklin and a convention attendee: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
Franklin's reply: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
You gotta look beyond elections. They are demonstrably insufficient to secure liberty. A fundamental start to its restoration is to make senators’ interest coincident with those of the nation, and repeal of the 17A will not be introduced by congress.
Keep the republic? Be rid of the 17A before the rats democratize Presidential elections too.
Look guys, the United States is terribly BROKEN. If you think that we can somehow wish change into being, you are deluding yourself. No Congress-critter is going to risk their comfortable life. None. the only way to force change is at the grassroots level.
Of course this comes at a great risk.
However, it is a far better solution that an out and out civil war II.
The United States today is a terribly oligarchy that treats Americans as serf cash-cows. Restraints must...MUST...M-U-S-T be put on the government. If you cannot see this, you are fooling yourself.
Today, the government is running amok.
There are no limits. There are no boundaries. Today, we are fighting eight separate wars simultaneously. Today, Americans pay more in taxes that food and shelter combined. Today, there are more laws and police presence that it is nearly impossible to do simple things like plant a tomato plant in your front yard, sell lemonade or home school your children.
Yes. It is a risk. But, it is a necessary one.
The time to over turn the 16th amendment is NOW. The time to enforce the 10th Amendment is NOW. The time to take a serious reappraisal of the 17th amendment is NOW.
See post 15.