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We believe that, as a necessary incident of the power to call, Congress has the power initially to determine whether the conditions which give rise to its duty have been satisfied. Once a determination is made that the conditions are present, Congress' duty is clear–it 'shall' call a convention.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)[Congressional] Convention planning proposals generally included… a concurrent resolution of 12 disapproval… of a proposed amendment [either for] a departure from the policy issue for which the convention had been called [or] failure to follow procedures prescribed in the authorizing legislation.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)Unless the applications deal with the same issue, it would seem that the fundamental prerequisite of calling a convention, i.e., the existence of a national consensus that a constitutional change is desirable, is not satisfied. It is generally agreed that States may call for a general revision of the Constitution, but short of such a general undertaking, we think it would circumvent one of the central principles of the amendment process to allow the combining of calls on issues as disparate as reapportionment, abortion, or budgetary restraint, no one of which was deemed by two-thirds of the States as worthy of consideration.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)As we have suggested in the preceding discussion, the meaning of the Convention Clause is simple and clear. A constitutional convention convenes, if at all, to make proposals responsive to a substantive consensus among the legislatures of the States. The consensus may be general or narrow. It may call for a general reexamination of the Constitution, or it may be a relatively specific agreement among the legislatures about the desirability of a particular change. In any case, the function of the two thirds requirement in the application process is to ensure that no convention will be convened and no proposal made unless there is an agreement among an extraordinary majority of the governments of the States that would justify a responsive proposal and the ratification effort.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)If the determination of necessity for change is made by the states, the concrete proposal for change must be formulated by a convention. If the determination of necessity is made by the Congress, the concrete proposal must also be formulated by the Congress. However, even though the 'initiation stage' and the 'formulation stage' are linked in this fashion, the two stages are distinct activities, as evidenced by their division in the state-initiated amendment process.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)If the determination of necessity for change is made by the states, the concrete proposal for change must be formulated by a convention. If the determination of necessity is made by the Congress, the concrete proposal must also be formulated by the Congress. However, even though the 'initiation stage' and the 'formulation stage' are linked in this fashion, the two stages are distinct activities, as evidenced by their division in the state-initiated amendment process.
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