[cotton1706]

“Any amendments would need to get through 38 state legislatures.”

Not so. There’s an alternate.”

What do you mean? An alternate what?

[Publius]

Go back to Post #17. Congress will determine whether the states will ratify by the State Legislature Method or the State Ratifying Convention Method. Congress could require the states to execute ratification via State Ratifying Conventions, and that would be the alternate method.

[Daffy]

Sorry for being incomplete. There's an alternate method of ratification, not dependent on state legislatures. It may receive ratification by state convention. So, some may ask, What is this state convention? The answer is, THERE ARE NO RULES, except as CONGRESS may set forth. Which may be well if one trusts Congress to limit, restrict, or reduce their own power.