Fix Congress Without Congress

The author argues that because members of Congress benefit from the current rules, meaningful reform (for example changing apportionment or enlarging the House) is unlikely to be passed by Congress itself. Instead, a coordinated push by state legislatures to ratify a constitutional amendment (needing 27 state ratifications under the original pending amendment or 38 states under Article V) is a practical, non‑congressional pathway to structural reform. — If state legislatures organize to use the constitutional amendment route, they could bypass federal incentives and materially reshape representation, accountability, and the balance of federal–state power.