The Famous Case of Coleman v. Miller—and, No, It Doesn't Give Congress Total Control Over the Amendment Process
Not long ago, I was listening to a radio talk show and was assured by a caller that the Supreme […]
No, the Necessary and Proper Clause Does NOT Empower Congress to Control an Amendments Convention
A few days ago I heard a presentation by a spokesman for a group that claims to defend the Constitution
Failure to Call Amendments Conventions Helps Explain Modern Federal Overreaching
This Article is a modified version of one appearing in the American Thinker. If President after President failed to veto
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How Much Authority Does Congress Have Under the Treaty Power? The Question the Supreme Court Dodged in Bond v. U.S.
In its recent decision in Bond v. United States, the Supreme Court avoided deciding whether Congress, in executing a treaty,
Momentum for an Amendments Convention Accelerates Even More
Well over a hundred state lawmakers from 33 states met this past week to plan for an Article V “Convention
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Momentum for Amendments Convention Accelerates
It increasingly looks like a “convention for proposing amendments” is really going to happen. The last 18 months have witnessed
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A Legal Treatise on the Law of Amendment Conventions—For Free!
A spate of new applications from state legislatures for a “convention for proposing amendments” make it more likely that we
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How Do We Know an Article V Amendments Convention is a “Convention of the States?” Because Both the Founders and the Supreme Court Said So
Article V of the Constitution authorizes a “Convention for proposing Amendments.” However, it does did not specify how the convention
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 Modern Quasi-Convention of States
Many opponents of an Article V convention seem to think that it would be a nearly unique event, for which
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The Santa Fe Convention: A 20th Century Convention of States
For over 300 years, American states (and before Independence, American colonies) have cooperated with each other as equal sovereigns to
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The Framers’ Bloopers
The Constitution’s Framers were very great men, but they were not gods. They made mistakes. By “mistakes,” I’m not talking
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