[Publius]

You're ignoring case law and how politics actually works. Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Whenever there are gray areas in a process, there will be those who attempt to turn those gray areas either black or white.

Congress has already tried to regulate an Amendments Convention, and the only thing that prevented the various Dirksen-Ervin-Hatch bills from becoming law was the lack of urgency. Get 34 states to petition Congress for a general convention, and you'll see urgency bordering on panic.

Let me reiterate my own personal feelings on the matter.

1. I like what Levin is suggesting.
2. I'd like to see 34 or more states request a general convention.
3. I'd like to see the state legislatures appoint the delegates to a convention, and I'd like the legislatures to have the authority to instruct those delegates.
4. I'd like to see the convention conducted under the principle of One State/One Vote.

But I understand that what I want is not what I may get. There is precedent to be considered, even if the precedent's relevance to an Amendments Convention consists of penumbras and emanations. We've had major points of law decided on such flimsy foundations.

[Red Badger]

You're ignoring case law...

As it should be........