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

  • Azarova [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Ugh, I know exactly what you mean. I wish I knew what to call it. I feel like I oscilate between my rational part of my brain thinking "The hammer is coming down, it's about to happen here, get the fuck out ASAP" and some other part of my brain being like "What? Here? But my day to day life hasn't really changed, how could this all be up-ended so quickly? Is overt fascism really just a couple years away?" Obviously it's where we're headed, it just doesn't feel real some days.