I really don’t get the horror over the thought of a convention to amend the Constitution. The amendment feature is integral to the genius of the original Constitution. The people who assembled the Constitution set to work amending it within a few months of its adoption, and the results were ratified in less than three years from initial adoption.
The Convention of States movement is motivated by a desire to put the central government back on its constitutional leash. A convention could theoretically open the floor to bad apples who want to take things in the other direction, but there’s no way that three-fourths of the states would ratify such action. This is the best news I’ve seen all week. I’d like to see the momentum build.
They are superb. If ratified, his amendments will restore the balance of power between the people, the states, and a newly invigorated federal system of government.