[Jacquerie]

There are safeguards as to the fear of an out of control convention. The primary one is that states will not send representatives, but rather delegates with commissions that define their powers; the other is the 3/4 ratification bar.

Considering our government is renegade now, there is little to lose with a convention. Our framers gave us peaceful means to correct our mistakes, one that all the bare-knuckle, raw power of the consolidated government cannot stop.

[Orangedog]

Sure, go ahead and pass a bunch of amendments that the courts, congress and the executive will ignore. We are waaaay past amending our way out of this mess, boys and girls.