Nebraska Becomes 17th State To Call For Article V Convention Of States
(thefederalist.com)
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I don't trust them any more than you. The safeguards would have to be rock solid. E.g., I would make it illegal to accept any position in government for say, 7 years.
My understanding of a convention is that representatives are to be chosen by the people for that one task, and would only be compensated to a limited extent. They would not become career politicians.
Ideally only patriots would serve as in the original convention, and they would be anxious to get back home to pick up their real business. Of course, some way will have to be found to prevent the normal bribery that we know so well.