This is true, but he's not proposing a constitutional convention. Just an amendment which needs to be adopted by Congress and then ratified by 38 states. The states either accept or reject the the exact amendment as written. If they try any funny business, it will be clearly written, and you only need 13 states to say no.
One interesting thing about amendments proposed in this way is if there is no time limit on ratification written into the amendment, it stays pending forever. It can be adopted by Congress now, and ratified hundreds of years in the future. The 27th amendment is an example of this in action. Adopted by the first Congress in 1789, it wasn't dusted off and ratified by the states until 1980, when they got tired of politicians voting themselves pay raises.
This is true, but he's not proposing a constitutional convention. Just an amendment which needs to be adopted by Congress and then ratified by 38 states. The states either accept or reject the the exact amendment as written. If they try any funny business, it will be clearly written, and you only need 13 states to say no.
One interesting thing about amendments proposed in this way is if there is no time limit on ratification written into the amendment, it stays pending forever. It can be adopted by Congress now, and ratified hundreds of years in the future. The 27th amendment is an example of this in action. Adopted by the first Congress in 1789, it wasn't dusted off and ratified by the states until 1980, when they got tired of politicians voting themselves pay raises.