Congress has been operating beyond neglect for 226 years. Perhaps up until the act of 1871, it was inadvertent. However, after that act, states began to object and over time applications, were made at an increasing rate.
"A little-noticed change in the rules of the House may make it easier to change the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget."
http://stivers.house.gov/news/docume...umentID=398530
Another aspect seen in the above link is the grey areas of Article V.
"Don Wolfensberger, a congressional scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a resident scholar with the Bipartisan Policy Center, said many details of any constitutional convention remain unclear."
There is a thread here at the forum which introduces the "Countermand Amendment" which clarifies a few aspects which are generally considered "grey" and provides a method, having the same authority as Article V, but only to get rid of federal laws that violate states rights.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...same-authority
There is a history to this neglect by congress to count applications for an Article V convention which is rooted within the Article V activists. After a great deal of research, mostly by Bill Walker of FOAVC, Daniel Marks of Hawaii wrote a letter to the Clerk of congress which was understood and reacted to by Rep. Steve Stivers.
http://my.firedoglake.com/danielmark...al-convention/
For some reason I cannot load that page so cannot see if D. Marks letter, or the below letter is also there. The letter from Kirk Boyle, legal counsel to congress is here.
http://www.foavc.org/reference/Boyle_Response.pdf
The house affirmed and passed the rule as the link above shows.
ON EDIT:
Two threads which were posted in the U.S. politics forum were moved to grassroots. They are intrinsically related to this thread because both propose uses of Article V.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?471555-A-lawful-and-peaceful-revolution
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?471264-Countermand-Amendment-Article-V-proposal-that-reduces-need-for-Article-V-but-same-authority
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