Exactly correct. A stinking end-run around the requirement for a constitutional amendment. This is really fetid and flies in the face of our sacred constitution...but, as we all know, the Progs have for 100 years detested the Constitution, so it is no surprise. What IS surprising is the strong Republican support in various state houses and state house committees that the author cites. That is extremely alarming. It clearly demonstrates how degraded our civics education has been the past 50 years.
Not the least surprising. Disappointing, but we would not be in the dire straits we are in if the Republicans were anything other than the right wing of the uniparty.