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 =====4. Are you sure the Article V convention process is safe?=====
-Yes. Despite a [[authoring:cospwiki:answers:liberal-articlev-disinfo|common myth]] that was promoted by liberal groups beginning in the 1960's, there is absolutely no precedent for a "runaway convention." And there are redundant protections against ultra vires amendment proposals:
+Yes. Despite a [[documents:answers:liberal-articlev-disinfo|common myth]] that was promoted by liberal groups beginning in the 1960's, there is absolutely no precedent for a "runaway convention." And there are redundant protections against ultra vires amendment proposals:
   *The scope of authority for the convention is defined by the topic specified in the 34 applications that trigger the convention. Any proposals beyond that scope would be out of order.
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 =====6. Even if the states try to limit the scope of the Article V Convention to proposing amendments that limit federal power, can’t those with other intentions hijack the process?=====
-No. Please refer to the list of redundant protections on the process, above. There are many different groups working to achieve an Article V Convention to propose various types of amendments, and they have every right to seek to use this constitutional process. But groups seeking amendments for other purposes are not involved in our effort, because they know they cannot achieve their goals at a convention called pursuant to [[authoring:cospwiki:cospdocuments:cosapplication#section_1|our application]], which limits the topic of amendments to restraining federal power.
+No. Please refer to the list of redundant protections on the process, above. There are many different groups working to achieve an Article V Convention to propose various types of amendments, and they have every right to seek to use this constitutional process. But groups seeking amendments for other purposes are not involved in our effort, because they know they cannot achieve their goals at a convention called pursuant to [[documents:cosproject:cosapplication#section_1|our application]], which limits the topic of amendments to restraining federal power.
 =====7. What about the Congressional Research Service Report?=====