A Constitutional Convention is closer than you think (2019)
An Article V convention is in my opinion the most thoroughly boneheaded idea in American politics (which is saying a lot).<p>There is no way _at all_ to constrain the agenda _or_ the outcome per the current constitution.   In particular you can’t say (afaik) “we are calling an article V convention solely on issue X.”   The linked article describes this as the “runaway convention problem.”<p>If you are on the left, imagine the new constitution specifically forbidding abortion.<p>If you are on the right, imagine it specifically forbidding private gun ownership.<p>There is no way to prevent those outcomes because an Article V convention is effectively saying “start over again from scratch.”<p>Separately I think term limits for congressmen are a dumb idea too.   It will make party organizations much stronger.  For evidence on this, see Mexico where nearly every public office is term limited to a single term.   Second, very few people actually want their own congressman term limited (unless you voted for the other guy).  They want everyone else’s congressmen (or the junior senator from Texas) term limited.