David Barton advocates for an Article V convention. [FN64] His 1st contention, & 2nd sub-part in support are:

“1. The original Constitutional Convention was not a runaway convention.

b) “states ratified the Constitution after it was written” & thus “supported what occurred at the Convention” [FN65] 1/18

Simplistic approaches to history have fostered misconceptions about the Constitution. That means falsehoods have been spread that have eroded protections of our…

Walls are physical, metaphorical or fictional. Ten years ago, a metaphorical wall would impose itself during conversations about an Article V convention [FN40] & assurances a convention can be limited to one or two issues. [FN41] To an objection, the other person grins, shakes 1/23

their head, then loses the grin at cites to historical precedent. People who are scared of an Article V convention usually cite precedent. On 2/20/1787, Congress authorized “a convention” of delegates…

Walls are physical, metaphorical or fictional. Ten years ago, a metaphorical wall would impose itself during conversations about an Article V convention [FN40] & assurances a convention can be limited to one or two issues. [FN41] To an objection, the other person grins, shakes 1/23

their head, then loses the grin at cites to historical precedent. People who are scared of an Article V convention usually cite precedent. On 2/20/1787, Congress authorized “a convention” of delegates…

Online resources have changed the dynamics of research, even in subject areas that deal with the history of a specific period of 250 years ago in which science is not (necessarily) a dynamic, e.g., origins of the Constitution. Excellent resources are available & accessible online. 1/16

Among such resources are Elliott’s Debates, accessible via the Library of Congress. That is a 5-volume set that consists of documents leading up to the 1787 Philadelphia convention, documents from…