Article V -  States called Convention to Propose Amendments

                       Article V of the US constitution is as follows:

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

                                                                           There are Only Two Methods To Ratify Any Amendment

Both methods of amending our US constitution are equally valid and provided by the US Constitution. The first requires 2/3rds our US Congress to make proposals for amendment while the second requires 2/3rds of the state legislatures to call a convention of states to propose amendments. Ratification requirements for any and all proposed amendments are identical whether proposed by our US Congress or a Convention of the States. The identical ratification process requires 3/4ths of the states legislatures or 3/4ths of the conventions in the states. This ultimately provides necessary protections to prevent a runaway US Congress or Convention of the States from dramatically changing our US Constitution. It should be noted that the only two methods of changing our US Constitution both are limited to amending it and do not allow for a Constitutional Convention or “CON CON”.  Any proposed amendment/s coming out of either method requires ratification of 3/4ths of the States Legislatures or 3/4ths of Conventions in the States as directed by the US Congress before becoming permanent part of the US Constitution.