Would the leaders of the two political parties ultimately be the ones deciding the amendments and their passage or failure?
John Boehner is the most powerful politician from my state and John Kasich is my Governor. If those two would have any degree of influence in the process, I think I would just as soon pass.
Our laws are not our problem. Our ignorant, lazy, virtue-less, greedy, jealous, entitled, power hungry, covetous people are our problem.
Levin would be correct if there were a sea of good, virtuous people being oppressed by this tyrannical government. The part he misses is that we have consistently voted for this tyrannical government because it is easier than being responsible for ourselves.
ARTICLE 5:
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.