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Originally Posted by cannonfire
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The Constitution doesn't say anything about limiting the scope of what a convention might consider.
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Or, as Alexander Hamilton (or other loose-constructionists) would say that the Constitution doesn't say that you can't have a limited convention.
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The Constitution says what the Constitution says. It places no limits on a constitutional convention. This is where the question of exactly what the preceding states voted on comes to the fore. If several called for a con con to amend the provisions for electing the Congress, while others proposed a con con for the purpose of amending provisions relating to taxes, and yet another bunch proposed a con con for the purpose of changing who is considered a citizen at birth, then we have one of two (or maybe more) possible scenarios:
- There is no valid call because not all the states want it for the same reason; or
- Once 2/3 call for a convention, everything is on the table regardless of why the convention was called