Understood.

the thought of anybody trying to "Fix a Con0Con is frightening. I'm just afraid the so many have gotten rich off of political dealing that they might try to "sway the jury" so to speak. both sides.

Soros isn't the only rich guy. The GOP has a few as well.

There are any number of civil suits filed against the Administration at this point, including Rand Paul's recent filing against the NSA. The timeline on any of those is probably well past the term of Obama and they've met with limited success in lower courts.

It's interesting to me that a US Congressman doesn't have standing to file a suit against the Administration for refusal to follow the conditions and terms of a law passed by Congress and signed by that same Administration, not to mention a power grab.

Regardless, I simply have no faith or trust in any level of the political class. If every state legislature were similar to that of Texas or New Hampshire meeting only occasionally and earning a few hundred dollars per year with representation levels of some 30,000 citizens per representative as is the case in NH, I might feel better about it.

But bottom line, our Federal Government (at least) has moved so far from the intent and plain reading of the Constitution that we no longer live in the same type of country as our fathers. Change has to happen, or???.

If all states were like that (and they aren't, I live in one [NJ]). I would not have an issue. Too many states have corrupt politicians that would sell you out for a dime.
Sorry, my contempt for politicians is showing through.

There are 50 state legislatures which makes it more difficult to "buy" their votes. The state legislators also live in their communities most of the time rather then a capitol, therefore, they are far more accessible. Finally, the national system is broken and Congress has no interest in fixing it. Our Framers were wise enough to provide the Convention of States option for just such a situation as we are in now. A Convention of States is even more critical with an Imperial president running around issuing dictums almost daily. And, as long as the Dems control the Senate, there is little that can be done about it. I also recommend filing a civil suit against the Administration in Federal court, but that could take years to wind its way through the system, and there is no guarantee Injustice Roberts won't go off the deep end again.

Why would anyone trust a state legislature anymore than trust the federal legislature. The first is just a mini version of the latter. And I certainly don't trust conservatives anymore than I trust liberal/progressives.

He hasn't got enough money to buy delegates in my state (SC) but I'd love to see him try!

they could stack the deck in the delegate selection process. Soros et al has more than enough money to buy enough delegates.

The delegates would be appointed by state legislatures to pursue a specific set of proposals, so it is highly unlikely any group could coalesce to hi-jack a convention of this type.

2/3 majority needed in the convention. It is easy to take over a convention, it used to be done all the time by groups of Dem and Repub at the nominating conventions.
What I most concerned about is the introduction of items not explicitely in the original charter of the convention.
The other concern is the election or appointment of the delegates to the convention. This can be influenced on the local level. the saving grace of it all is the 3/4 majority needed to pass.

Any time I find myself agreeing with George Soros on anything I re-examine my view. In this case I am very suspicious of Mr. Soros. If I had to bet, he and his allies would want to hijack the convention and completely rewrite the constitution, especially the Bill of Rights. I don't see how the Socialists could do it given the manner needed to call the convention, but he must know some way to do it or he wouldn't support it.