Samuel L. Fieldman, a lawyer and Article V expert, has unearthed an internal congressional memo from the establishment’s anti-convention campaign […]
Newly-Found Memo Discloses D.C. Establishment Efforts to Block an Article V Convention Read More »
This article was first published at the Mountain State Policy Center website. One reason the federal government has become so
Idaho considers an amendments convention Read More »
A version of this article first appeared at the Mountain States Policy Center website. On November 5, a federal district
This entry, first published on Oct. 7, 2016, was updated on April 14, 2023 and again on October 1, 2025.
Who Called the Constitutional Convention? Answer: The Commonwealth of Virginia Read More »
During the Founding-era, there was a clear distinction between conventions of the people—which consisted of delegates directly elected by the
This essay first appeared on Oct. 23 in Law & Liberty. Law & Liberty recently featured an excellent exchange between John Grove and Mark
Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions Read More »
Following is a table of cases relevant to Article V court cases, as of the end of 2025. Nearly all
Article V Table of Cases Read More »
A common tactic among opponents of an amendments convention is to label it a “constitutional convention,” and then claim that
Even Constitutional Conventions are Limited Read More »
A version of this essay was first published in the Nov. 12, 2023 Epoch Times. The movement for a national
Heritage Foundation Paper Supports a “Convention of the States” Read More »
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that when state legislatures undertake functions under Article V of the Constitution,
by Rob Natelson Advocates of the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) have lost an effort to get their amendment “certified”
The D.C. Circuit’s Convoluted Opinion on the “Equal Rights Amendment” Read More »
A Review by Rob Natelson Before the dramatic findings of scholarship in the early part of this century, American academics
Scholar Finds that Congress’s Power over Amendments Conventions is Strictly Limited Read More »
