A Convention of States is one of the two methods in Article 5 of our Constitution for proposing and ratifying amendments.
This does not have the power to propose a new Constitution or to change the Constitution.
An Article 5 convention would propose ideas for fixing our broken system -- a corrupt system caused by a Congress that can’t function.
A Convention of States only has the authority to propose amendments to the states to vote on.
Agree with most of what you said, as I mentioned multiple times that any Amendments had to be ratified by 3/4ths of states just like a Senate proposed Amendment.
However, an Amendment by definition changes the Constitution. And there is no limit to how MUCH an amendment can change the Constitution.
Nothing crazy would come out of such a Convention, because there is no way you'd get 16 states fully controlled by Republicans to ratify it. Maybe in 100 years there will be enough Democrat states to push Amendments through, and that's fine.. that's how our country was built. But at this moment, the Republicans have the power to push through changes that we've been wanting for 100 years - or at least get a significant start on it. Not wanting to push those changes is EXACTLY the same thing that Republican politicians in Washington are guilty of - scared of change and happy with the status quo.
To sit back and whine about being scared of what "might" happen... cripes. We had FOUR Supreme Court justices vote against McDonald vs Chicago because even after Heller they refuse to accept that the 2nd Amendment applies to people. One more right then and Heller could have been overturned. We KNOW what will happen eventually, it's just a matter of a few decades before the Supreme Court likely has a liberal majority.
