Awful Ideas from Well-Meaning People

Here, an essay describes the method by which states could petition Congress for a new Constitutional Convention (ConCon*) using Article V.

The authors quickly note that the chances of a successful vote are slim to none. And really, do we want the democratically controlled Congress to do anything to our Constitution right now?

But what I do like about the article is that they imply that states putting the motion for a ConCon on the ballot see an uptick in voters. So pointlessly (and no doubt fruitlessly) asking citizens to vote for ratification of a petition to Congress for a new ConCon is a tool that conservative candidates could potentially use to boost Republican conservative turnout at the polls, who will hopefully vote for Republican conservative candidates while they are there hopelessly voting for the ConCon.


*ConCon is a licensed phrase of TAE and may only be used with permission.
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