We already send Senators and Reps to D.C. Who say one thing and vote another way, what is the difference...
If the State Legislatures cannot be trusted more than our Senators and Reps we might as well just give up right now, right?
I totally agree. The beltway has totally failed us. We have taxation and absolutely no representation. What is left? The Founders gave us the Article V process. We are derelict if we don't pursue it.
Our state senators and reps feel strongly about state's rights. If their duties are limited by state statute and 38 states have to ratify any proposed amendment, I don't see how that can potentially fail.
The Convention of States is Only for proposed Amendments to the Constitution. Period. If it veers from that, it is null and void plus the attendees may face fines and criminal charges.
We see the path if we do nothing. .
Right on, You are correct.
Let’s imagine a worst Case scenario WITHOUT an Article V. Just the “usual way” of proposing amendments, and say a Majority of the Senators and Reps got replaced with “Obama Pod People”:
As it stands if 2/3rds of the Senators and Reps decided to abolish the entire Constitution via ONE singular amendment that simply says “The U.S. Constitution is null and void and we declare Obama the Emperor” they COULD DO IT! And they could Pass it!
However it would take 3/4 of the state Legislatures to ratify it.
If we could keep the pod people out of at least 13 states legislatures we could use the 13 States to Save the republic from the pod people.
If we have to worry about “pod People” they would have to do a LOT MORE WORK to even propose their amendment using Article V just with the sheer number of people that would need to be involved,(thousands or tens of thousands) versus just taking over 66 in the senate and 290 in the House.
And even THEN they the whole 3/4 ratification BY the states (Thousands if not TENS of thousands) people involved again....
Article V is the “States Veto” Check on an overran Federal Government. Why would the federal government EVER propose an Amendment to Limit THEIR power? The States DO have the motive to LIMIT federal power, not grow it.
If we cannot use Article V to reclaim Federalism (ie. the Partitioning of power: Federal, States, Local). Then we have lost the American Republic and now live in the Era of the “American Empire”....
The Senate and House at that point are just Ceremonial...