A former US senator reveals a far-right plot to radically change the laws of our land, and articulates a plan for how to handle it.Over the last two decades, a hushed, far-right effort to change the constitution through a convention―the nation’s first ever―has inched through statehouses. And by most counts, activists only need to enlist a few more states to reach the constitutional requirement: two thirds of the states. A convention would be a watershed moment in American history. Just like Madison, Hamilton, and Franklin in Philadelphia over two centuries ago, delegates would exercise almost unfettered authority to draft amendments changing the contours of our fundamental law and civic life. Every contentious political and social issue could be on the table: limiting the powers of the federal government, creating or retiring constitutional rights and freedoms, and restructuring Congress or the Supreme Court.While the Framers considered the amendment power to be a cornerstone of our co
