Russ Feingold: Ruling the US supreme court isn't enough. The right wants to amend the constitution.

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7. How a 'Convention of States' really works

This article was first published by the Epoch Times on February 25, 2021.

"Ignorance lies not in the things you don’t know, but in the things you know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers

In an earlier, widely shared, essay I contended that state legislatures should require Congress to call a “convention of the states.” Article V of the Constitution empowers such a convention to propose constitutional amendments to correct federal dysfunction. Any proposals would have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 of 50).

The Constitution’s framers added the convention mechanism to allow states to bypass Congress and amend the Constitution if the federal government abused or exceeded its powers.

This essay explains how the procedure works. This information comes from many years of academic research on the constitutional amendment process. No one paid for my conclusions, and they sometimes contradicted my earlier beliefs.'>>>

https://i2i.org/how-a-convention-of-states-really-works/