[ Yes, but I’m hammering the STUPID notion that the states submitting an amendment to themselves for 3/4 ratification is scarier than Congress submitting an amendment to 3/4 of the states for ratification. ]
What happens when the Federal Senate proposes an amendment making it illegal for the states to propose amendments...?
They will do this if they could get away with it.
“What happens when the Federal Senate proposes an amendment making it illegal for the states to propose amendments...?”
It would need to also get through the House, and then THROUGH the state legislatures. Do you honestly think that would happen?