I agree such an amendment would do wonders. In many ways, save America from destruction. But it would still not stop the misapplication of the 14th Amendment - it would only allow such misapplications to be voted out. Now, I’m not knocking that - it is definitely needed. But first people need to understand the jurisdictional limitations of the 14th, or they’re not going to be able to stop the root of the problem: the swapping of rights for privileges.
There’s an ancient concept constructed in Medicine that is called ‘homeostasis’. It’s still a large component of medicine today.
Homeostasis can be easily understood by the example of how a body adapts to hot water in a tub when taking a bath. Put a toe in, let it get comfortable, then put another toe in and so on. Pretty soon the whole body is in and that hot water which was so shocking at first feels real comfortable.
Similar process happens in metallurgical engineering with a metal undergoing the process of annealing.
When we change the Constitution, we have to go slow and avoid knee-jerk reactions and curb our passions, avoid being all over the map.
You see as soon as JUST ONE Article V amendment crosses the finish line, the federal government knows their game is changed forever because we have set a precedent. They will then look at the Constitution differently.
And the people will then know they have power and will look to their Article V facilitators as well as their representatives in Congress who are changed in their nature and views, and they will demand that the 14th Amendment be examined and that necessary remedies for its abuses be prepared, The remedy may be legislation or a simple resolution or possibly as large as a full repeal.
Let’s focus on getting JUST ONE done first. My preference is THE ONE should address the flaws in the 17th, the power between the States and the federal government.