Convene an Article V Constitutional Convention for the 21st Century
The Issue
Our nation stands at a breaking point.
Across the political spectrum, Americans sense that something fundamental has gone wrong. Trust in government has fallen to historic lows. Congress is paralyzed by gridlock and partisanship over people. Courts hold lifetime power without accountability. Ordinary citizens feel ignored while corporate and ideological interests dominate.
Technology, especially in an age of largely unregulated and ungoverned social media and artificial intelligence, is advancing faster than any public oversight. Economic inequality deepens. Our public institutions, built for the 18th century, strain to meet the realities of the 21st and beyond.
Meanwhile, working Americans face growing insecurity, rising costs, shrinking wages, unaffordable housing, and an education system that leaves too many behind. The social contract feels broken, and faith in democracy is fading quickly. The growing oligarchy and authoritarianism that taints our democracy is not just the cause of a problems, they are symptoms of our own negligence to keep our foundational governance on sound footing - to clearly describe who we, living today, are as a people and what defines us to our core.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
The U.S. Constitution has served us for nearly 250 years. But even the framers knew it wasn’t perfect. They expected us, the living people, to change the Constitution over time. They gave future generations a peaceful, lawful way to adapt the system when it no longer served the people. That process is written into Article V, which allows the states and the people to call a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments that restore balance and accountability to government.
That time is long overdue.
We call on the People of the United States to demand state and federal leaders to hold a U.S. constitutional convention for the purpose of determining certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution under Article V, to address long overdue much-needed structural government reforms.
Some citizen movements today, like Unify USA, deserve credit for reigniting the conversation about constitutional renewal. But many of them begin with a fatal flaw - a pre-drafted charter or agenda. That’s not renewal; that’s replacement.
The moment a group declares in advance what the people are supposed to decide, it’s no longer we the people, it’s they, the organizers.
A true people’s convention would start from a blank page except for one shared article of faith: that every citizen, chosen by lot and gathered in good faith, has an equal right to help define the rules of our democracy anew.
The framers trusted the process of deliberation more than the permanence of their own design. So must we.
What are the questions we might face together? I provide no fixed agenda here - only purpose. A modern Constitutional Convention must begin from the will of its diverse citizenry, across geography and ideology, to examine whether our founding framework still serves its original promise.
The primary purpose of such a convening is not to come into it with minds made up - but to have deep, collaborative engagement with each other to improve our amazing yet imperfect system - to break us out of our current engagement with each other that is largely bickering and meme-based. That is the real value of a convention - it is to resurrect our living Constitution. It is in recognition that the value of the Constitution is not mostly in the ink and parchment, but the actual convening and meeting of minds itself. And such a meeting is now 200 years overdue.
To be clear, this isn't a movement about left or right - it is about the survival of the Republic.
We honor the wisdom of the Founders not by worshiping their work, but by continuing it. They built a framework for self-correction. They trusted future living generations to use it when needed.
That moment has arrived. Our politics divide us, but our frustration unites us. Both conservatives and progressives know that the current system is broken: bloated, unresponsive, and captured by interests that care little for ordinary people.
We must act while change is still possible through law and debate, not violence or collapse. The world has changed. Our government has not.
The ask:
That We the People begin the process of advocating and pushing for modernizing the American democracy for the challenges of the 21st century. That We the People consider the necessity of convention, that will be held in the manner of our, the People's, choosing, not just by politicians. We choose who speaks. We choose our delegates. We choose us over any one Party.
This is the peaceful discussion and re-invigoration of the ground rules of our democracy, and the exercise of the power that belongs to the people and always has. May this come to pass, and may this not be the last time such a convention be held, for the sake of America.
Sign and share if you believe America is worth rebuilding - together. While the trigger for Article 5 has no singular "leader" that can approve this petition, every signature shows that we Americans are paying attention and demand action - better governance and accountability to meet the current modern moment. Each person who engages adds weight to long overdue reforms.
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The Issue
Our nation stands at a breaking point.
Across the political spectrum, Americans sense that something fundamental has gone wrong. Trust in government has fallen to historic lows. Congress is paralyzed by gridlock and partisanship over people. Courts hold lifetime power without accountability. Ordinary citizens feel ignored while corporate and ideological interests dominate.
Technology, especially in an age of largely unregulated and ungoverned social media and artificial intelligence, is advancing faster than any public oversight. Economic inequality deepens. Our public institutions, built for the 18th century, strain to meet the realities of the 21st and beyond.
Meanwhile, working Americans face growing insecurity, rising costs, shrinking wages, unaffordable housing, and an education system that leaves too many behind. The social contract feels broken, and faith in democracy is fading quickly. The growing oligarchy and authoritarianism that taints our democracy is not just the cause of a problems, they are symptoms of our own negligence to keep our foundational governance on sound footing - to clearly describe who we, living today, are as a people and what defines us to our core.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
The U.S. Constitution has served us for nearly 250 years. But even the framers knew it wasn’t perfect. They expected us, the living people, to change the Constitution over time. They gave future generations a peaceful, lawful way to adapt the system when it no longer served the people. That process is written into Article V, which allows the states and the people to call a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments that restore balance and accountability to government.
That time is long overdue.
We call on the People of the United States to demand state and federal leaders to hold a U.S. constitutional convention for the purpose of determining certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution under Article V, to address long overdue much-needed structural government reforms.
Some citizen movements today, like Unify USA, deserve credit for reigniting the conversation about constitutional renewal. But many of them begin with a fatal flaw - a pre-drafted charter or agenda. That’s not renewal; that’s replacement.
The moment a group declares in advance what the people are supposed to decide, it’s no longer we the people, it’s they, the organizers.
A true people’s convention would start from a blank page except for one shared article of faith: that every citizen, chosen by lot and gathered in good faith, has an equal right to help define the rules of our democracy anew.
The framers trusted the process of deliberation more than the permanence of their own design. So must we.
What are the questions we might face together? I provide no fixed agenda here - only purpose. A modern Constitutional Convention must begin from the will of its diverse citizenry, across geography and ideology, to examine whether our founding framework still serves its original promise.
The primary purpose of such a convening is not to come into it with minds made up - but to have deep, collaborative engagement with each other to improve our amazing yet imperfect system - to break us out of our current engagement with each other that is largely bickering and meme-based. That is the real value of a convention - it is to resurrect our living Constitution. It is in recognition that the value of the Constitution is not mostly in the ink and parchment, but the actual convening and meeting of minds itself. And such a meeting is now 200 years overdue.
To be clear, this isn't a movement about left or right - it is about the survival of the Republic.
We honor the wisdom of the Founders not by worshiping their work, but by continuing it. They built a framework for self-correction. They trusted future living generations to use it when needed.
That moment has arrived. Our politics divide us, but our frustration unites us. Both conservatives and progressives know that the current system is broken: bloated, unresponsive, and captured by interests that care little for ordinary people.
We must act while change is still possible through law and debate, not violence or collapse. The world has changed. Our government has not.
The ask:
That We the People begin the process of advocating and pushing for modernizing the American democracy for the challenges of the 21st century. That We the People consider the necessity of convention, that will be held in the manner of our, the People's, choosing, not just by politicians. We choose who speaks. We choose our delegates. We choose us over any one Party.
This is the peaceful discussion and re-invigoration of the ground rules of our democracy, and the exercise of the power that belongs to the people and always has. May this come to pass, and may this not be the last time such a convention be held, for the sake of America.
Sign and share if you believe America is worth rebuilding - together. While the trigger for Article 5 has no singular "leader" that can approve this petition, every signature shows that we Americans are paying attention and demand action - better governance and accountability to meet the current modern moment. Each person who engages adds weight to long overdue reforms.
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Petition created on October 10, 2025