JUDY WOODRUFF:

Joining to us talk about the prospects for a vote on the convention and two points of view on what it means for the United States is Representative Jim Langevin of Rhode Island. And Michael Farris, he's chancellor of Patrick Henry College in Virginia and the chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association.

We welcome you both to the program.

Congressman Langevin, let me start with you. What would this convention mean for countries around the world if it were ratified in all these countries?