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From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell)
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Subject: Re: Amendments
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Date: 28 Apr 91 15:45:38 GMT
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nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:

}In article <4364.2816d635@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
}>The other is to get three-quarters of the state legislatures to
}>petition Congress to call a Constitutional Convention, at which
}>time Congress has no option but to call the convention.
}It should be noted that this option is avoided like the plague, since
}once a CC is convened it's open season on the Consitution and *anything*
}can be changed.

NONONONO.  The Constitutional Convention **ONLY** replaces the "Congress"
part of the amendment process.  You _still_ need to get 3/4ths of the states
to approve.  There is a real myth floating around that a CC really can just
rewrite the Constitution, but that is *not* the case.

  /Bernie\