When interpreting a legal document, you often can get clues from looking at any predecessors to the document. For example, […]
What the 1777 Georgia Constitution Tells Us About the Article V Convention Process Read More »
Because of widespread interest in the Article V Information Center’s report on the legality of the “Compact for America” approach to
The Wisconsin Historical Society publishes successive volumes of the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. As its
Newly-Published Ratification Documents Confirm Our Conclusions on the Amendment Process Read More »
Note: This article was first published in 2013. In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V
It’s Been Done Before: A Convention of the States to Propose Constitutional Amendments Read More »
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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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 […]
What is an Amendments Convention “Application?” What is a “Call?” Read More »
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, […]
When They Start Throwing Black’s Law Dictionary at You—Duck! Read More »
Note: An earlier version of this article appeared inThe American Thinker. Some advocates of a convention for proposing amendments are
Note: This is the last in a series of six articles that originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,”
The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part VI Read More »
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts
The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part V Read More »
