> “ I PREFER the 2/3 of both houses. You have your opinion, and I have mine.”
I am sorry to inform you that your opinion does not matter, it carries no weight. The states have almost reached the number necessary to formally propose amendments, they are almost there and are waiting for a few more legislative chambers to wrap up their inclusion.
The first of the amendments has already been drafted and will deal with a balanced budget.
You are too late to stop it.
Enjoy your fixation with DC legislators while they think they have the power.
I am aware that the states will likely go full steam ahead. I hope it all works out for the best, but remain skeptical.
Enjoy your illusion that things will be better than the founding fathers provided. I suspect the product will be inferior.
What the opponents forget is that Article V is part of the Constitution.
Question: If two thirds of the states pass identical legislation (Amendment language), would the states then have to meet at a Convention of States, or would the legislation automatically become part of the Constitution?
It seems that the latter would be true. The problem of course would be getting legislatures to pass identical language in their bills.