None of the needed reforms are likely to ever come to fruition by our career ruling class. This is evidenced by the many examples of nepotism and the assumption that relatives of current pols are automatically more qualified to hold high public office than anyone else.
Accordingly, there is an organization attempting to force Constitutional change called the Article Five Convention of States.
Article V reads: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states . . .
They have held practice conventions while working toward getting a State by State Resolution to hold an Article five convention. This is their current count
Progress Update: Here are all the latest numbers:
Total Passed States: 8
Total House Wins: 18
Total Senate Wins: 11
Total States with Committee Wins: 24
Total States that have filed the COS Resolution: 44
The amendments proposed thus far:
1. Requiring the states to approve any increase in the national debt
2. Imposing term limits on Congress (effective retroactively)
3. Limiting federal overreach by returning the Commerce Clause to its original meaning
4. Limiting the power of federal regulations by allowing an easy congressional override
5. Requiring a supermajority to impose federal taxes and repealing the 16th Amendment, which
legalized the federal income tax
6. Giving the states (by a three-fifths vote) the power to abrogate any federal law, regulation,
or executive order
Read more at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440506/constitutional-amendments-states-conventionThis I believe, is the only way that the needed changes will be effected. This group needs to be watched because if it is taken over by the wrong agendas they can cause some real mischief.
None of the needed reforms are likely to ever come... (