May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
“[A]nother mistake is that because an amendments convention executes a federal function, Congress can control it. But . . . the rules and protocols for carrying out federal functions come from the Constitution, not from Congress.”
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