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

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      • Kuori [she/her]
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        think that whole "thou shalt not kill" bit is going to be kind of a big issue

        naw what am i saying, they'll probably just append "white christians" to the end and call it a day

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          white christians

          That's how Christian governments have pretty much always interpreted it. And really it should translate something like "Though shall not commit murder" or "Though shalt not commit unlawful killing". It was never a blanket prohibition on killing people.

          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Even before "governments" were really a thing and it was just a dude with cavalry who demanded a portion of your grain

            When pope urban declared the first crusade one of his primary arguments was "stop killing each other and start killing dudes over there"

      • regul [any]
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        2 years ago

        When it's a crime to covet your neighbor's ass, only criminals will covet asses.

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