Chancellor Kent, in giving his reasons for disapproving the measure, contended that the Legislature had no constitutional authority to create a convention of unlimited powers, and, if it did, it should require the convention to submit its amendments to the people separately and not in gross.
This statement reflects Chancellor Kent's legal argument against the constitutionality of a convention with unlimited powers.
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