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Some opponents to Article V try to perpetuate fear of an Article V Convention by claiming that it could be a run-away convention.
However, that fear-mongering is not based on any facts or history.
Already, the American states have had 679 (or more) Constitutional Conventions, and none of them were run-away conventions.
Recently, Iraq and Afghanistan have had Constitutional Conventions.
Many nations have Constitutional Conventions.
It should also be pointed out that no amendment to the U.S. Constitution can become law unless ratified by three-fourths of the states.
That, by design, is a significant hurdle.
Over 10,000 amendments to the U.S. Constitution have been proposed over the past 220 years, but only 27 have been ratified.
Thus, the fear-mongering about a run-away convention is unjustified.
What is a major concern however, is the blatant violation by Congress to call an Article V Convention as specified in the U.S. Constitution.
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List of 679 American State Constitutional Conventions (between 1776 and 1917)
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