“It can be called at ANY time and is part of our system of checks and balances.”
What’s to keep the result from being worse than what we have now?
This is an incredibly risky strategy.
It can only PROPOSE Amendments, which then need to be ratified by 3/4ths of the States — not population, but States. It is an expression of States rights, rather than mobocracy where Blue States have the edge. If called for a specific purpose, the odds of it going rogue are slim.
“This is an incredibly risky strategy.”
Yes, but that’s what gun rights folks said about Heller. They were sure it would turn out badly. There are certainly risks, but if we work hard to get more states into the ‘red’ zone, then call a convention for the specific purpose of addressing the commerce clause & limiting federal power, we might be much better off in the long run.
2/3’s of the states can call for one, but 3/4’s of the states still have to ratify any amendments. It’s wouldn’t be any kind of cake walk. As designed.