If you bother to read the actions that Congress OFFICIALLY took in order to accept the ratification of the 27th Amendment, the Madison Amendment which was originally written as one of the twelve items of the Bill of Rights, you will see that the state of the law is what I say, and not what Burger said in that unfortunate (private) letter.
I was on the staff of the Bicentennial Commission when this all occurred. I saw it from the inside. If you want to believe a private letter over the enacted law, that is your problem. But your conclusion remains incorrect.
John / Billybob
If you want to believe a private letter over the enacted law, that is your problem. But your conclusion remains incorrect.
When the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court says that he's spoken about this many times in the past and speaks about it again, in this letter -- I do not think he abandons his Supreme Court knowledge and the "thinking processes" that he has, which enabled him to make decisions -- sets that all aside -- and pretends to be the "village idiot" making a "personal pronouncement"...
If you believe that, I can tell right now I don't need to consider your opinion in the least.
Sorry, I'll take the experience of the Chief Justice, Warren Burger, of the United States Supreme Court... over a "faux expert" any time... :-)
So, when he says...
Congress might try to limit the convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the convention would obey.
And you say, that Congress can limit them... I've got to laugh... :-)