“We are now firmly and perhaps irretrievably on the path toward Constitutional Convention.”
fortunately, not so.
It’s just a routine Convention of the States to propose amendments to the Constitution.
If it looks like an Article V is about to reach the level of fruition with ‘conservative’ amendment proposals, look for the political elites of both parties to circumvent it by calling for a regular Constitutional Convention, where they can offer changes to existing, as well as proposals for new, amendments.
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Then, they can finally water down or get rid of those pesky First and Second Amendments.