Democrats shouldn’t fear, and Republicans shouldn’t call, a constitutional convention

Could America’s Constitution be on the cusp of a massive rewrite? A recent article said that Democrats fear Republicans at the state and national levels will try to do so after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. 

These worries are greatly overblown. However, they do point toward a constitutional mechanism that some well-meaning Americans wrongly support. 

We should begin with the relevant text of the Constitution. Article Five details how to modify our governing document. Other than the Bill of Rights in 1791, we have amended the Constitution a mere 17 times. Each instance followed the procedure of approval by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress and then three-fourths of state legislatures. No serious efforts at even minor changes to the Constitution are coming

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