THE STATES CAN CALL A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
They never have.
yet.
the following advocates for a particular consideration in (hopefully) near-future Constitutional amendments: better, broader consideration.
(at least at first) TO STRAIGHT, MARRIED MEN:
Would you ever tell your wife that you don't care what she thinks about important topics?
(I would not recommend doing that).
So why haven't we held a SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION since we brought women and non-whites into the participate-in-our-democracy fold?
The Great, Remarkably Smart Men we call the Founders of the Founding and the Fathers of the Constitution were not a collection of all the smartest people in America.
Rather, they were a collection of most of the smartest white men in America.
...
That. Ain't. Everybody.
Two heads are better than one.
Two voices reach Truth better than one.
Until this^ happens,
Women
and Black people
(in particular)
and everyone else I don't have time to mention here, but who matter just as much (don't act like I don't believe that lol),
will continue to not have been permitted to make their mark on our society, government and country, commensurate to white men.
I think we should listen to the collective conscience and intellect of America.
The democratic framework is here: they wrote it down at the first convention about this. At the end of the 1700s. A really long time ago.
Let's review here - how can Constitutional amendments begin to be officially considered?
(and that's all we're talking about here - talking about it, not necessarily doing it - that's productive too!)
Answer: it would take some emails, phone calls, and/or meetings to happen.
option 1:
LITERALLY ANY ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR OR CONGRESSPERSON (or Democrat when you next have majority in either chamber) can propose this. Then, historically, a joint resolution is filed by BOTH the Senate and the House, and discussions and negotiations and THE AMENDMENT PROCESS begins.
I don't trust Mike Johnson, John Thune, or anyone else in Trump's Stinky D.C. Swamp to stick their neck out. Ever.
This ain't gonna happen any time this year.
option 2:
34/50 STATE LEGISLATURES CALL A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
REVIEW THE WHOLE. DAMN. THING.
DEMOCRATICALLY.
This circumvents our frozen, broken, gridlocked, goofed-up, corrupted, Trumpified federal government. And leaves it up to WE THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOT TREASON, OR A COUP, OR ANYTHING LIKE IT.
READ ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
TO THE STATES OF THIS BOUNTIFUL, WHEEZING, ON-LIFE-SUPPORT LAND:
PRESS SEND ON THOSE EMAILS!!
GET. TO. WORK.