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In reply to the discussion: I just watched a video from a gentleman in Florida. He said DeSantis went to Montana [View all]angrychair
(11,885 posts)The pro convention people will claim 28 have signed on but most of those have backed out. The pro convention people claim that once you agree that you cant back out which is legally dubious and seems unlikely to be enforceable.
Given that they cannot force a state to agree, the count is roughly 15 states are pro convention but that is likely fluid as well.
It's also a false assumption that a lot of the more extreme proposals to modify the Constitution would pass or pass with the language that they prefer. While I'm sure some of the more ignorant states would agree but as we have seen with the pushback on abortion in places like Kansas and Arizona to name just a few, I have serious doubts it would even happen, much less that it will happen as some religious extremists would like. Not to mention that it would likely take decades for state legislatures to approve it, if it all (ERA being a good example).