[bkopto]

But there are enough gray areas in the amendatory process, eloquently defined in the ABA Document, that I would expect Congress to butt in and the federal courts to rule on it.

Well ain't that a surprise. And who, on the people's side, would have any confidence in this process, given that the courts are rife with progressive judges. Congress won't go after the lawless Obama but would go after the people and the states? Such is the stuff of revolutions.

[Publius]

In the end, I expect a 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding the legal principle that an Amendments Convention is the property of the states, and that Congress cannot use the narrow Dillon and Coleman decisions to poach upon the states' domain.

[Da Bilge Troll]

"Such is the stuff of revolutions."

You are correct. Which is why I believe it won't happen. Once the threshold is reached, the pressure on Congress will be great.