Assertion: convention | /r/HasProperty | called
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text: If the states, therefore, request a convention limited to a certain subject matter, then the convention that is called would likely need to be limited in the way the states requested.
text: The convention was called to discuss the defense of Cavite against the Spaniards during the Philippine Revolution.
text: A convention that was called to address a specific issue, such as budget deficits, might propose changes to freedom of speech, the right to keep and bear arms, the Electoral College or anything else in the Constitution.
text: Nothing in the Constitution constrains the process that would apply if a convention is actually called.
text: The problem with the Convention of States Project is that once the convention of states is called, there is no real limit on what amendments could be proposed.
text: The record keeping issue is not whether conventions should be called, but how many.
text: Even if Congress called a convention for the purpose of proposing a balanced budget amendment only, the convention once called could use the passage of these broader resolutions as justification to pursue a broader agenda, especially if more states have passed the more expansive resolution by the time a convention is called.