“Those who oppose a con con be cause they think the liberals will hijack it are wrong.”
Those who think it would be a con con are wrong. The Article 5 convention is not a Constitutional Convention. The Constitution cannot be rewritten. It can only be amended. The only way a new Constitution would come about would be after tossing the entire government and starting over from scratch. That would have to be done by force.
In reality, if history and the current polarized political landscape is a guide, it would be hard to get anything done in an Article 5 convention because of gridlock between the sides.
And, once an amendment is proposed, it can be a good one or a very bad one. Who knows what party will control enough state legislatures by the time a good one or bad one comes before it for consideration? You might get a change you really don’t want.
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Orders of magnitude make a difference.
If 3/4 of the states, with 2/3 of the country's population, somehow ratify a pretty much new Constitution, the remainder of the states would have effectively no way to oppose. The chance of that happening is pretty much nil.
"The only way a new Constitution would come about would be after tossing the entire government and starting over from scratch. That would have to be done by force."