It is easier to elect people who respect our constitutional principles than to propose a wise amendment.
Our demographics are quite different today than they were in 1789. You could get an amendment to take the vote from white males and it could pass. California's government is virtually all Mexican from top to bottom. Other states are flooded with aliens; i.e. Somali's Pakistani's, Arabs all who hate us. We may pretend race does not count but they know better and ACT upon racial discrimination.
People hear "Constitutional Convention" and think "all our problems are solved" NONSENSE a Pandora's box would be opened. Leave it alone.
As to electing people who respect constitutional principles, hogwash. We have been electing people who promise fealty to the constitution. The roll back of government. Reigning in the federal courts. And the repeal of noxious laws. And we we were lied to straight to our faces. Every election. It is clear our "leadership" has no moral underpinning. There will be no correcting this situation by electing politicians. Thus it will fall to other methodologies to correct this situation.
As to the aliens, all illegal aliens should be thrown out. All aliens brought in over the last sixteen by color of law should be thrown out too. The democrats brought aliens into this country to destroy the United States and raise a socialist state in its place. Copperheads all and the pubbies too. Lincoln knew well how to deal with them.
The idea that a Convention of States is a Pandora's Box is an argument I have heard over and over again. It is an illogical argument based upon fear of the unknown. What people should fear is the status quo. Doing nothing ensures our destruction. While a convention of states provides a slim chance of averting our destruction. While all must make their own choice, I will take the slim chance the Convention of States provides us over no chance at all.