There have been hundreds of applications from the states for an Article V convention. I doubt that a few more will move Rome-on-the-Potomac to actually call a convention as per Article V.
As expressed in our Declaration, we have the God given right to frame our government when we please. IMO the states should convene now without the call from congress.
I can’t disagree with your point in principle, but if state legislatures aren’t willing to vote in sufficient numbers to pass the Artcle V threshold, then how likely are they to have the courage the strike out on their own in sufficient numbers? Those states that didn’t attend such a convention would likely view any proposed amendments coming from such a convention as illegitimate.
I’m assuming that when you talk of hundreds of applications already having been filed, you’re including some from perhaps 50, 100 or even more years ago? Do most of those applications have a statute of limitations or contain some restrictions on their content that would make them inapplicable to the current Article V push?