Reply #47: run the numbers [View All]

To pass an amendment to the Constitution it takes 3/4 of the states. But since states have different populations.... that 1/4 of the states.. should they be the smallest, contain about 4-5% of the US population.

The Constitution has NO provisions to insure the majority, even a super majority, can't be blocked by a super super minority. When it comes to amendments citizens do not count.... states do.

Yet it would take a Constitutional amendment to correct this.

Is this an issue ANY political party is talking about? No.. it's outside the range of permissible thought. Yet logically can we allow just 4-5% of the US population the power to block ALL reform?