[Jacquerie]

Article V does no more than recognize a societal right to frame government. Can it be abused? Sure, just any God-given or societal right can be abused doesn't mean the rights don't exist or should be suppressed

Second, no sovereign people in history ever met to do themselves harm.

If you wish to compare a state amendment convention to an existing institution, look toward the electoral college. Both the EC and a state convention are federal. Just as we've never had a runaway EC, we'll not have a runaway convention either.

[X-spurt]

Second, no sovereign people in history ever met to do themselves harm.

That is why there should be an Article V Convention. All the stupid, silly and harmful results since the first Constitutional Convention have been from our “elected representatives” being somewhat immune to societal scrutiny on a timely basis (the next election is often years away).

Is there a Governor or two that could try to wreck Art. V convention, sure, but right now at least those that have some identity as conservative are in the majority.

If State’s Convention somehow goes off the tracks, there is the 2nd Amendment as a fall-back position and every politician recognizes that at minimum we have the arsenal ability if not yet the desire for such sovereignty reclaim exercise.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Article V does no more than recognize a societal right to frame government.

Uhhhh... no, it doesn't.

It is a process by which the STATES can initiate the addition of AMENDMENTS to the constitution, and the feral government has no say in their creation and must obey any ratified amendments.

It's a way of returning powers not enumerated in the constitution to the states and their citizens and wresting them from the feral government.