[Star Traveler]

You said — “I do not trust any modern day politian to re-write my Constitution!”

They can’t simply re-write the Constitution. They must propose amendments that 3/4 of the states must ratify, before anything can take effect. It’s the same standard for ratification for the Congress proposing a Constitutional Amendment.

[ClearCase_guy]

I wonder if a Constitutional Convention might come up with one single Amendment -- just a teeny, tiny little Amendment:

"All Amendments to this Constitution shall be ratified by vote of the majority of Senators elected by the separate states."

I wonder if you could get 3/4 of the states to approve that? Because if you did, then it would be so much easier to come back and get 51 senators to trash the whole doucment the following year.

And oh the way, after they trash the document with 74 new Amendments, they will pass a 75th Amendment: "All Amendments to this Constitution shall be ratified by voting among 3/4 of the states."

[ync1994]

“They can’t simply re-write the Constitution. They must propose amendments that 3/4 of the states must ratify, before anything can take effect. It’s the same standard for ratification for the Congress proposing a Constitutional Amendment.”

Thanks for the details. I didn’t know those details, but still do not trust anyone to do what you just described. ;)