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

  • Commander_Data [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    The country would cease to exist, there's no way thr west coast or the northeast would remain under those terms.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I don’t expect democrats in power to do anything, but if they did all of that and the California Dems didn’t do something I think they might actually get a sudden revolution. Which may be a disaster but I just don’t think the people of cities of California would tolerate that, and I have a very low expectation of Americans c

        • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Its really hard to say, because I think functionally 99% of americans have no understanding of how this stuff works, how to organize with a union, how a general strike works, etc. I think what you'd see is just a series of disconnected left wing gatherings that get shot by police or newly empowered militias.

          I suspect a constitutional convention would ban 'communism' in order to justify executing dissidents.

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

      If the GOP gets to re-write the constitution then Balkanization would be one of the better possible outcomes.