The effort to call an Article V Convention of States should not be wasted on one item. Multiple items can and should be on the agenda, including Supreme Court term limits and restrictions. See Mark Levin’s book on this for a good start on what must be there. Also the gold standard should be reaffirmed — it’s already in the Constitution, just not in strong or specific enough terms.
The problem with a Convention of the States is that we don't trust ANY of the current people that would go. We would likely come out with a 2A that specified hunting equipment and a 1A that specified "except Christianity and other hate speech."
As far as I am remember the process, the terms to decide on are clearly defined first, then voted on at the Convention — essentially preventing what you described. This misconception is a huge roadblock to the process actually occurring because people are afraid of a “runway” Convention, a scenario that is actually not possible. Also Congress has no say.
Edit: Also you MUST define all items to decide on FIRST, it is not possible to “bait” people into multiple items if you go into the Convention with only one item,
The effort to call an Article V Convention of States should not be wasted on one item. Multiple items can and should be on the agenda, including Supreme Court term limits and restrictions. See Mark Levin’s book on this for a good start on what must be there. Also the gold standard should be reaffirmed — it’s already in the Constitution, just not in strong or specific enough terms.
The problem with a Convention of the States is that we don't trust ANY of the current people that would go. We would likely come out with a 2A that specified hunting equipment and a 1A that specified "except Christianity and other hate speech."
As far as I am remember the process, the terms to decide on are clearly defined first, then voted on at the Convention — essentially preventing what you described. This misconception is a huge roadblock to the process actually occurring because people are afraid of a “runway” Convention, a scenario that is actually not possible. Also Congress has no say.
Edit: Also you MUST define all items to decide on FIRST, it is not possible to “bait” people into multiple items if you go into the Convention with only one item,