Constitutional Convention

Rather than click on Old Dog's link, I just looked up Article V in my copy of the constitution. If you don't have one of those, you can get one from the Cato Institute http://cato.org

There are two ways that the constitution can be amended, but the second way, calling a constitutional convention, has never been done. That's because a convention can not only amend the constitution, it can throw it out the window and start all over again, and nobody wants to open that can of worms. It is my understanding that the Founding Fathers did not expect our constitution to last as long as it has, so they provided a way to rewrite it without fighting another revolution. To call a convention, 2/3 of the state legislatures have to apply for it to congress. Anything that comes out of the convention has to be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures, same as amendments that are proposed by congress.