I said they are voted on separately.
I only have two issues with the COS:
1. How do you keep the press from turning it into a media circus?
2. How do you keep the left from turning BLM & ANTIFA loose on it to stop it or put pressure on it to get what they want?
My apologies. I guess I failed to read the last line. Have discussions here & on TS, and I ‘m not too good at multi-tasking in my senior onset. 🙂
So, the U.S. has 50 states. Two thirds would require 17 states to start a convention of states.
Would only those states that start the COS be allowed to participate, or would it allow any the states that wish to participate even if they had remained silent when it came to the creation of the COS? Would all 50 states be required to participate?
Three quarters would have to ratify.
Now, is that three quarters of 50, or three quarters of those participating? It's not really clear, because Article V never addresses these questions, as you can see below.
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
I still see it as a possible Pandora's box though. 🙂