What is the procedure for calling an Article V Convention by the Second Method?
Many precedents have been set by the 400 or so State applications to Congress for Article V Conventions. The right of a two-thirds majority of the States (i.e., 34 States) to call an Article V Convention is clearly defined in the Constitution. However, though Congress has defined procedures by which the States can call an Article V Convention, it has avoided passing legislation incorporating the procedures into law. In fact, on the four occasions that it appeared that the States would successfully call an Article V Convention to propose an Amendment, Congress pre-empted the States by proposing the Amendment itselfi.e., Amendments 17 (direct election of Senators), 18 (Repeal of Prohibition), 22 (Limitations on Presidential Terms), and 25 (Presidential Succession). The fundamentals for the States to call successfully for an Article V Convention are to make sure that all steps are completed correctly, to follow the procedures that Congress has defined even if they are not formally laws, a
