Simplified Article V: There are 2 ways that amendments to the constitution can be proposed. (First Method) Whenever à -- of both Houses shall consider it necessary to propose amendments to this constitution, or (Second Method) whenever à -- of the 50 state legislatures call for a constitutional convention to propose amendments. Either way, or in both cases, the amendments have to be ratified by  ¾ of the state legislatures, or ratified by state conventions in  ¾ of the 50 states. Congress will propose (or decide) the method of ratification. Amendment proposals to the Constitution can be made as long as they do not try to prohibit slavery before the year 1808. Every state has the right to have 2 senators. (End of Article V)
Article V as it is currently expressed in the constitution is the epitome of lawyer legalese. It is not enjoyable to read, but it could be. Article V makes it extremely difficult to amend the Constitution, and it does not show any proper way to abolish the Constitution when that is desired by The People. The constitution can be abolished in a democratic way. No violent revolution is necessary.
The Twenty-Eighth Amendment Proposal that Totally Rewrites Article V for the Current Constitution We Are Now Using
The New Article V For the Current Constitution
This New Article V will explain an easier, faster, and more democratic way to amend the current Constitution. This New Article V will also show how to abolish the current Constitution in an orderly way when The People desire it.
The U.S. government is currently changed whenever Congress passes new federal laws, and those laws are either approved or vetoed by the President.
Moreover, under the current constitution, whenever the United States Congress proposes a new amendment to the Constitution, it has to be first approved by 2/3 of Congress and then by 3/4 of the 50 state legislatures.
Two thirds of the states can also demand an Article V Amendment Convention, independent of the federal Congress, but in the history of the United States this method of adding new amendments to the Constitution has never yet been successful.
But when the time comes that We the People want to totally change the constitution and the government in major or radical ways, it will require a constitutional convention for the purpose of creating a new constitution for the nation.
Article V in our current Constitution pertains to making new amendments.
Though the Declaration of Independence states that we have the right to abolish the government (which usually requires a new constitution), there is no place in our current constitution that tells how to properly abolish it. The founding fathers or framers of the constitution apparently never thought that would be necessary. This was a mistake because without a lawful procedure for abolishing the constitution, it will only encourage a potentially violent revolution whenever the people are deeply dissatisfied with their government. We can prevent potentially violent revolutions. We can even create a constitution that plans 7 generations into the future.
To abolish the current constitution, there has to be a Constitutional Convention to rewrite it, and then it has to be ratified. But instead of having  ¾ of the states ratify it, we could simply allow it to be ratified if 51 percent of the American people approve it in a referendum vote. Why not give more power to the people?
Having a lawful and orderly procedure for abolishing the constitution is just one reason why Article V needs to be changed. Another reason is that in the 21st century, everything is changing quickly. We need to make it easier to amend our constitution, and we need to make it possible to abolish the constitution. We can abolish the constitution in an orderly, fair, and democratic way whenever The People desire or demand it.
The first U.S. Constitution was the Articles of Confederation. Our current constitution is the second. If we now create a new constitution it will be the third constitution.
The New Way to Amend our Current (the Second) Constitution
Our current Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 and implemented in 1789. It is our second constitution. The Articles of Confederation was our first constitution. Below is the new way to amend our current second Constitution that we are still using.
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