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A constitutional amendment would be ideal, but it's critical we never allow a full Constitutional Convention (ConCon) to happen, because those have lower ratification requirements than the regular amendment process and any amendment can be introduced regardless of what they originally set out to pass, and I'd be worried that corpo Dems like Schumer would get tricked into going along with one in the name of a "bipartisan win", and we'd be well and truly cooked.
Unfortunately, we're not quite back to the status quo. The fact that Dems went a different route means that the DOJ could sue the Blue states claiming that ballot initiative changes aren't valid but legislature-passed ones are, and then tie everything up through the midterms with SCOTUS's help. Ideally we'd have 3-4 Blue states also do legislature-passed laws that directly mirror Texas'.
Also, I think a Constitutional Convention would likely end up dissolving the U.S. It wouldn't really be secession, just "nah, y'all do your thing, but this isn't what we want, and Nazi states should learn to be self-sufficient instead of relying on us to subsidize your bullshit."
You end up with greater Canada on both coasts and around the Great Lakes, and the rest can believe Jesus is about hate and women should have no rights. Good luck with your economy without California and New York.
sigh A man can dream.
I mean, they could try to make that differentiation, but in both cases, the Legislature still has to pass the final bill again, unless I'm mistaken. I know that's the case in the Commonwealth; California, I can't say for certain.
At any rate, the rest of the world is laughing at us that instead of focusing on a pointless war, we're focused on changing election rules. If this were any other country, we'd be mocking them, but American exceptionalism strikes again.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.