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The protection against a runaway convention is that the convention itself doesn't get to rewrite the constitution. The convention merely proposes amendments to the Constitution. This is 1 of 2 methods in the Constitution for amendments to be proposed, the other being Congress. Any amendments that come out of the convention must be ratified by 2/3 of the States to come into force. Left leaning folks aren't afraid of a Convention of States (which by the way, article author, isn't the same thing as a constitutional convention) per second. They fear a reduction in the power of the federal government, because they lean to the authoritarian side of the political spectrum and favor big government and centralized power.