OPINION: Don’t be conned by the Con-Con
We are of different parties and often disagree, but are allied in our fierce devotion to America’s Constitution. It is now under serious threat from well-meaning people who seek a Constitutional Convention.
There are two ways to alter the U.S. Constitution. The first — and only way our Constitution has ever been amended in its 237-year history — is for Congress to propose an amendment and pass it by a two-thirds vote. Then three-fourths of the states must ratify. Everybody sees the amendment language, and knows exactly what they’re voting on.
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