Even Constitutional Conventions are Limited
A constitutional convention can be limited and an Article V convention has even less scope than a constitutional convention.
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Even Constitutional Conventions are Limited
A common tactic among opponents of an amendments convention is to label it a “constitutional convention,” and then claim that
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Heritage Foundation Paper Supports a “Convention of the States”
A version of this essay was first published in the Nov. 12, 2023 Epoch Times. The movement for a national
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Heritage Foundation Paper Supports a “Convention of the States”
As for recent developments decreasing the “risk” of a runaway convention: That risk never existed.
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Supreme Court Confirms Rule that when State Legislatures Act in the Amendment Process, They Do So Independently
The Supreme Court has re-confirmed a key rule of constitutional amendment law.
The D.C. Circuit’s Convoluted Opinion on the “Equal Rights Amendment”
With one exception, neither the judges nor the parties in the case seemed to understand any of the basic principles of amendment law listed here.
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The D.C. Circuit’s Convoluted Opinion on the “Equal Rights Amendment”
by Rob Natelson Advocates of the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) have lost an effort to get their amendment “certified”
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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 11: George Mason
Mason impacted the Constitution both by helping to draft it and helping to oppose it.
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Scholar Finds that Congress’s Power over Amendments Conventions is Strictly Limited
Dr. Wieciech is to be commended for examining an important constitutional issue and arriving at generally well-based conclusions.
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Scholar Finds that Congress’s Power over Amendments Conventions is Strictly Limited
A Review by Rob Natelson Before the dramatic findings of scholarship in the early part of this century, American academics
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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 3: James Madison
Madison was the most important single individual in the Constitution’s formation.
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New Videos Explain the Article V Convention Process
Tired of the federal government’s overreaching and dysfunction? Here’s the solution the Constitution prescribes
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