Republicans would need control of at least 34 state legislatures to be able to call such a convention, and 37 to ratify any amendments.
So far they have unified control of 31 state legislatures. Of those 31, 19 have signed onto an application for an Article V Convention put forward by Convention of States, a conservative activist group.
https://www.businessinsider.com/constitutional-convention-conservative-scholar-states-2022-8
https://www.businessinsider.com/constitutional-convention-conservatives-republicans-constitution-supreme-court-2022-7
Yes, but in what world could you imagine the democrats reaching across the aisle for something so incredibly unpopular? :jokerfied:
All worlds. Even with the multiverse theory, I just don't see a universe where Dems do the right thing. They'll sign on and let the Republicans run roughshod over the constitution all for a promise of a favor to get a park named after Colon Powell
Suddenly reminded of the time that Schumer agreed to 40 of Trump's judicial nominees in exchange for naming a building after John McCain
:wojak-nooo: "all Bernie does is name post officerinos!!"
lmao I forgot about that. They did it right before the Kavanaugh hearing too
Then it just becomes an oil field named after GW during the final negotiations
And MSNBC explains how that was actually great
We need a :maybe-later-kiddo: that is maddows head
I don't think anyone would have predicted the DNC abandoning all state level parties back a decade ago, but it happened.
The plan to call a constitutional convention by gaining control over state legislatures has been a plan decades in the making by Right Wing Billionaires. Nancy MacLean wrote about it in Democracy in Chains. Fascinating read.
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America