Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution?
Hush. Common sense has no place in that discussion.
[ There is still the chance that a Convention of States can bring the government under control.
Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution? ]
At this point the real reason for Article V is to place clear concise limits on the Fed-Gov complex that if they Ignore it completely, this creates a situation where the states are fully justified in either banding together and sending troops to DC in order to dismantle the machine by force or they are fully justified in banding together and just leaving the Union. That way they can point tot he Constitution and point toe h blatant violations the same way the colonists could point out the violations that King George III did.
“Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution? “
That is a good question.
****Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution?****
Exactly. Just like its not the gun its the person holding it, its not the Constitution its the people in the government.
Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution?They'll "obey" it because, when the dust settles, starting with the first and 2nd on day one, it will end up being closer to the way THEY (not you) wanted it to be...
It is not so much as disobeying it as they have stretched the meanings of the Constitution so far out of whack over the past 100 years that it is almost unrecognizable. A Convention of States would define things like the “interstate commerce clause” as it was intended and term limit representatives and repeal the 17th Amendment and return selection of senators to the state.
To PR, the only worthwhile amendments are of a structural nature, like repeal of the 17th Amendment and term limits, . . . amendments that cannot be ignored or "interpreted" by Scotus.
Of course, you have asked the same question before, and I responded the same once again.
<>If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution? <>
Repeal the 17A, restore federalism and watch.