[Da Bilge Troll]

"Congress could bottle it up "

Of course they could. Nobody said this would be easy.

[NTHockey]

Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for an Article V Convention. I’m only trying to point out the obvious - this a tough hill to climb. A few years back, there was a movement to get the states to pass resolution reaffirming states rights under the 10th Amendment. It went nowhere after a few states passed it.

With 34 states needed for an Article V Convention, you can automatically cross off 10 states (MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, DE, MD, CA, OR, HI) and a probable 4 more(ME, VT, IL, WA) and there’s the problem. Some of those states might pass legislation IF it is an open convention. But that would be suicide.