Note: This article was first published in 2013. In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V […]
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Note: This article was first published in 2013. Judging by recent claims in the media such as this one, there
(This article originally appeared in the American Thinker.) Opponents of a Convention of States long argued that there was an
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II’s Article V Information Center has just issued a law report concluding that the “Compact for America” approach to amending the Constitution is, unfortunately, almost wholly unconstitutional.
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The state legislative power to issue binding applications for an amendments convention derives either directly from the Constitution (Article V) or from authority retained (“reserved”) by the states under the Tenth Amendment. Which is it?
A lot hinges on the question. One thing that does is the legal validity of the “Compact for America” approach. The […]
Article V of the Constitution states that “The Congress . . . on Applications of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.”
As I pointed out in my book, The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant, 18th century writers were imbued heavily with Latin language […]
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Article V of the Constitution states that “The Congress . . . on Applications of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.”
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If you are involved in politics, sooner or later someone will “prove” his point by quoting to you a line from Black’s Law Dictionary, Corpus Juris Secundum, or a similar source. He may tell you that these are “definitive” legal sources, not to be doubted.
Whatever he’s selling, don’t buy it. These sources are not definitive, […]
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Georgia Lawyer and Article V expert Dave Guldenschuh has just issued his latest update on Article V amendment activity around
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If you are involved in politics, sooner or later someone will “prove” his point by quoting to you a line
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Justice Antonin Scalia was one of the most eloquent opinion writers in the history of the United States Supreme
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