[Pontiac]

I will operate of the assumption that this future can be avoided.

I am going to pursue an Article 5 convention.

There are a growing number of thing I think need fixing like Citizenship.

There was an effort last year to get a vote in the legislature to call for a convention but it didn’t go anywhere.

I will try to get the effort going again.

Given the fiasco in the USSC. It might succeed.

[BroJoeK]

Pontiac: "I am going to pursue an Article 5 convention.
There are a growing number of thing I think need fixing like Citizenship."

Then you must know, there's a whole Convention of the States movement, including an organization called COSA -- Convention of the States Action -- founded by Mark Meckler and Michael Ferris.
The movement has a lot of big name supporters including (according to my AI):

Name of COS Support	Occupation	Connection to Article V Convention Movement
Mark Levin	Radio host, author	Author of The Liberty Amendments (2013); one of the most visible advocates of using Article V to propose amendments limiting federal power.
Mark Meckler	Co-founder, Convention of States; former Tea Party Patriots leader	Principal organizer of the modern Convention of States movement and advocate for a limited Article V convention.
Michael Farris	Constitutional attorney	Co-founder of Convention of States and a leading legal advocate for the Article V process.
Rick Santorum	Former U.S. Senator (Pennsylvania)	Senior adviser to Convention of States and frequent public defender of the Article V convention process.
Tom Coburn	Former U.S. Senator (Oklahoma)	Served as a senior adviser to the Convention of States Project and publicly promoted its goals.
Rand Paul	U.S. Senator (Kentucky)	Listed among prominent endorsers of the Convention of States effort.
Ron DeSantis	Governor of Florida	Public supporter and endorser of the Convention of States movement.
Greg Abbott	Governor of Texas	Advocated constitutional reforms and endorsed the Convention of States effort.
Mike Huckabee	Former Governor of Arkansas	Publicly endorsed Convention of States and praised its organizers and strategy.
Ben Carson	Former HUD Secretary	Listed as an endorser of the Convention of States movement.
Ben Shapiro	Commentator and author	Publicly identified as a supporter of an Article V convention.
Pete Hegseth	Media personality; later U.S. Secretary of Defense	Endorser of the Convention of States project and Article V convention effort.
Jeb Bush	Former Governor of Florida	Listed among Convention of States endorsers.
Jim DeMint	Former U.S. Senator (South Carolina)	Endorser of the Convention of States movement.
Rob Natelson	Constitutional scholar and former law professor	Among the most prominent academic defenders of the Article V convention process.
Larry Sabato	Political scientist, University of Virginia	Advocated constitutional reform through the amendment process and is known for proposing substantial constitutional revisions in A More Perfect Constitution.
Bruce Fein	Constitutional lawyer and commentator	Has publicly argued for using the Article V amendment process to address structural constitutional issues and federal power.

Mark Levin probably expressed the goals best in his book, "The Liberty Amendments" where he called for a Convention of the States to pass 11 amendments:

Proposed Amendment	Purpose
Congressional Term Limits	Limit the length of service of members of Congress.
Repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment	Return the election of U.S. Senators to state legislatures instead of direct popular election.
Supreme Court Reform	Impose term limits on Supreme Court justices and reduce what Levin viewed as excessive judicial power.
Balanced Budget and Spending Limits	Require a balanced federal budget and place limits on federal spending, debt, and taxation.
Tax Limitation Amendment	Restrict federal taxing authority and tie tax-filing deadlines to federal elections.
Federal Bureaucracy Sunset Provisions	Require periodic reauthorization of federal departments, agencies, and regulations.
Commerce Clause Clarification	Narrow the interpretation of the Commerce Clause to reduce federal regulatory authority.
Private Property Protections	Strengthen protections against eminent-domain abuses and regulatory takings.
State-Initiated Constitutional Amendments	Allow states to amend the Constitution more directly without relying on Congress to initiate the process.
State Veto of Federal Actions	Permit a supermajority of states to overturn federal laws or regulations.
Election Integrity Amendment	Require voter photo identification and restrict certain forms of early voting.

Major Themes Behind Levin's Proposals

• Strengthen the States: Repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, state-initiated amendments, and a state veto power over federal actions.
• Constrain Congress and the Federal Bureaucracy: Congressional term limits, balanced-budget requirements, spending limits, and sunset reviews of federal agencies.
• Constrain the Federal Judiciary: Supreme Court term limits and restrictions on judicial supremacy.
• Restore Federalism: Narrower interpretations of the Commerce Clause and stronger protection of powers reserved to the states.

Like you, I'd add some to this listing, including fixing citizenship, borders, "sanctuary cities" and voting laws (IDs, citizenship, one-day voting, 24 hour counting, etc.).

So far, 20 states have passed COS resolutions. 34 are needed for a convention, 38 to ratify amendments.
The 20 states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

I note from the map (right) that swing-states like NC, VA, PA, OH & MI all have strong majorities favoring a COS.

I think it's a noble idea, but given the insanities ruling our Democrats and split opinions among Republicans these days, I doubt if a COS could ever happen, or if anything constructive could result from it.