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Can't happen
Congress: A two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate is required
Constitutional convention: Two-thirds of state legislatures must call for a convention
Ratification
Three-fourths of state legislatures or conventions must ratify the amendment
Each state legislature must vote on the amendment in an up-or-down vote
State legislatures cannot change the language of the amendment
This bill is DOA, it's just (more) political theater
If anything it's an admission of the realization that Trump won't be able to accomplish much of anything in just 4 years at the pace government functions
Know your history. Pieces of paper don’t mean shit when the right political circumstances arise / are manufactured.
-edit: case in point, recent article by The Atlantic
People still think they care about the law and it mystifies me.
You don't need to follow the law when you are the law.
And it has happened in the US. Consider the case of the Bonus Army. Herbert Hoover sicced Douglas MagArthur on US citizens protesting in Washington DC for fair treatment of veterans.