Article V gives two ways to amend the United States Constitution – 2/3 vote of the Congress OR 2/3 of the states in convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution. In either case, ¾ of the states must ratify for the amendment to be adopted.
The obvious purpose of a CoS is to propose amendments – like balanced budget and term limits – which the Congress does not want.
Other than the balanced budget and term limits, I would like consideration for all 5-4 decisions of the Supreme Court which have changed our law without the people's elected representatives being involved. Two in particular are the “separation of church and state” and “legalization of abortion.” Neither of these issues are in the Constitution but became “law” because of prejudice against Catholics and judicial activism using an 1868 slavery amendment. That same 14th amendment is misused when granting citizenship to “anchor babies.” Congress could have cleared the issue by passing legislation defining “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” I would recommend that the citizenship be conditional dependent on conduct after age 12. The child would have to pledge allegiance to the United States and renounce allegiance to any other country and fulfill all legal requirements that a legal immigrant would do.
I would like to see reconsideration and repeal of the 14th, 16th and 17th amendments. I believe that the punishment on the Confederate states is no longer applicable, the income tax was passed on false reasons, and the direct election of Senators diminished the power given to the states by the founding fathers. I would also like to dramatically increase the number of representatives in the House of Representatives in order to make running for office easier for average citizens and making representatives more accountable. This would not expand the size of the federal government as has been suggested. The increased accountability of the peoples' representatives would make government smaller. The Defense of Marriage Act and the adoption of English as our national and legal language should also be added.
