Initiatives v Oligarchy

Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)

Recalcitrance

“Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority” (Courtesy © Wiktionary)  “… when it comes to states invoking Article V’s option for a convention of state delegates to propose amendments, Congress has, for the entire history of the nation, blatantly and illegally ignored those state applications”. (Courtesy FOAVC)