Answering the “Runaway Scenario”: Constitutional Whack-a-Mole

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In modern conditions, it is literally impossible for an amendments convention to exceed its authority; the “run away” scenario is

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First-Ever Legal Treatise On the Constitution’s Amendment Process!

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Independence Institute Senior Fellow Rob Natelson has written the first legal treatise covering constitutional amendment law. The work, published by

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Are recent “rescissions” of Article V applications valid?

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Many recent state legislative Article V rescissions suffer from defects the courts call “material mistakes.” A material mistake can void

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The Founders Pointed to Article V as a Cure for Federal Abuse

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I recently came across one of those silly websites in which a writer largely ignorant of the Constitution’s background purports

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Comparing an Article V Convention to a National Party Convention is Absurd

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This article first appeared at the Independence Institute Constitutional Studies website. Some alarmists are comparing an Article V convention to

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Journal Now Available from the Latest Convention of States

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The latest of a long line of conventions of states was held in September 12-15, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. It

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Missouri court gets it right on constitutional amendment law

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This article originally appeared in The Hill on July 17, 2018. Amid all the false claims distributed about the Constitution’s

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