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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Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About the Article V Movement

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In recent months, Hillary Clinton has made numerous inaccurate statements about those Americans working for what the Constitution calls a

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