As I explained and asked in my vanity, why have we never had a runaway electoral college? Both the EC and state amendments convention are entirely under state control.
Also, read post #12.
You have far more confidence in the state governments than I do.
I believe the state governments to be just as corrupt at this point, and just as unwilling to follow the Constitution, as the general government. The only difference is scale.
And oathbreakers will pick delegates like themselves, I think.
Wouldn’t it be better use of all the money, time, and energy that is being expended on this to instead expend it electing people who will keep their oaths?
If they won’t keep their oaths now, what makes you think they will keep their oaths to keep an amended version?
The electoral system has been around a long time and is, at least, predictable. A constitutional convention would not be. Many of the players would be completely different. There are really no rules for one. There would be too much opportunity for those with sinister motives to have undue influence over it
I may be wrong. I have been before but not very often.