That's what every liberal lawyer and activist judge says! You are playing right into their hands.
The Constitution is beautifully written but it's the vague and often ambiguous language of the Founders that liberal jurists twist and contort in their tortured interpretations to create new powers and broader jurisdiction for the federal government that the Framers never intended, the very same language that an Article V amendment convention can clarify.
And your statement that "Article V will only work as far as our leaders allow it to work" is nonsense. It's legal, it's peaceful, and it's a forum for debate. It can do nothing more than PROPOSE amendments, then it adjourns and every delegate returns to their lives.
Only after that will it then up to the 50 state legislatures to determine whether or not any of those proposals will ever become the Law of the Land.
"Our leaders," whoever those boogeymen may be, will have virtually nothing to say about it.
Just go ahead. If there’s anything left of the country when you get your term limits or 17th amendment repealed, and the court just arbitrarily throws it out, like they always do, will you join me in simply nullifying unconstitutional rulings? Go back and read Give Me Liberty or Give me Death, you’re part of the group who are begging at the feet of the king.
What is it, 33 states you need? I’ll give you 23 states, many of those are iffy. Which ones do you think will go along? When they don’t, will you just relinquish your liberty? Are you counting on Missouri, Minnesota, and Virginia? Your betting your liberty on them? How long do you think this will take?