Cenk Uygur's TYT Article V Convention, Wolf PAC

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25. To avoid confusion, here's Article V.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

(Highlights mine.)

Note the Panora's box that a constitutional convention opens.

1. The state legislatures can call a convention with 2/3 of the states approving. Okay. No biggie there except that most state legislatures are GOP and are more right wing than the US Congress. Some are certifiably ready for straight jackets, though.

2. They can propose amendments in this convention. The article does not put a limit on this and one would presume that it's a convention because one wants more than one change. It's open to any or all proposals, one might appropriately presume. Big warning flag here. No doubt, given the make up of state legislatures there will be a GOP chairperson and substantial majority.

3. The proposed amendment becomes adopted when 3/4 of the states approve it. In the convention context, that can putatively happen within the convention ("or by conventions in three fourths thereof&quot . Game over right there. We're done.

My posts up thread are a warning of doing this via convention. It is very possible that a constitutional convention could be used for nefarious purpose, like repealing the 14th Amendment, changing the 1st Amendment to exclude non-Christian and Jewish religions, or any amount of mischief. I use these as examples of worst cases, but also to highlight the danger of the convention structure whose purpose is solely to change the US Constitution, in an open ended style. As Cenk might say, "Have at it, Hoss!" But the down side might be very bad. This might be one of those Oooopsie! situations.

And since the Republicans have a rather large majority of state legislatures in the US, what mad person would suggest an Article V convention?

I don't trust the GOP any further than I could throw them, this especially with anything as open ended, unconstrained, and immediate as an Article V convention.

Might as well as pull the pin on a hand grenade.