The last Constitutional Convention wasn’t actually called as a Constitutional Convention, it as called as a convention of states. It’s intent wasn’t to propose a replacement constitution, but to propose amendments to the existing constitution.
What it did, it did in secret and without authorization.
What the next one does will be up to it. It can do as it pleases. If it proposes a wholesale replacement of the Constitution, it will have just as much force as the proposed for our current Constitution - none at all, unless ratified by the states.
Not true. The commissioners were, in fact, authorized.
What the next one does will be up to it. It can do as it pleases.
Again, not true. The commissioners answer to the state legislatures.
Why did the states of the confederation need authorization to assemble? Answer: They didn’t.
I’ve notice a fairly common trait among Article V opponents. They directly, or by implication, call into question the legitimacy of our constitution.