Is the “Compact for America” Procedure to Amend the Constitution Constitutional?—An Update
Because of widespread interest in the Article V Information Center’s report on the legality of the “Compact for America” approach to […]
Newly-Published Ratification Documents Confirm Our Conclusions on the Amendment Process
The Wisconsin Historical Society publishes successive volumes of the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. As its
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It’s Been Done Before: A Convention of the States to Propose Constitutional Amendments
Note: This article was first published in 2013. In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V
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The Constitutional Convention Did Not Exceed Its Power and the Constitution is not “Unconstitutional”
Note: This article was first published in 2013. Judging by recent claims in the media such as this one, there
The Lamp of Experience: Constitutional Amendments Work
(This article originally appeared in the American Thinker.) Opponents of a Convention of States long argued that there was an
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A New Theory Supporting The Use of the Tenth Amendment to Control the Article V Process—and Why the Theory Doesn’t Work
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 […]
What is an Amendments Convention “Application?” What is a “Call?”
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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The Constitution’s Article V, Not the 10th Amendment, Gives State Legislatures Their Power in the Amendment Process
Note: An earlier version of this article appeared inThe American Thinker. Some advocates of a convention for proposing amendments are
The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part VI
Note: This is the last in a series of six articles that originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,”
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The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part V
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts
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The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part IV
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts
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The Impending “Convention for Proposing Amendments” — Part III
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts
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