The Colorado River Commission was one of the most successful conventions of states ever held. Its achievement debunks uninformed claims that interstate conventions are “unprecedented” or cannot follow a pre-set agenda.
State over federal power: The 100th anniversary of the Colorado River Commission Read More »
As the Founders recognized, the human impulse toward mob behavior is not going to disappear. But reforms can limit its influence.
The Founders and the Twitter Mob Read More »
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
Are constitutional amendments coming? Read More »
States contemplating interposition usually should act in cooperation with other states. This essay outlines how methods of cooperation work.
How states can work together without the feds Read More »
Right now—while pandemic mistakes are fresh in our minds—is the time to adopt legal reforms to ensure those mistakes don’t happen again.
Never Again! Reforms to prevent future pandemic overreach Read More »
This information raises the number of verified conventions of colonies and states to 42. This experience renders absurd the common claim that the . . . details of conventions of states are “unknown.”
Two New Conventions of States Discovered! Read More »
It is perverse to spend so much [constitutional law] class time on areas of recurrently-shifting jurisprudence, while neglecting constitutional principles that are just as central and far more enduring.
“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
Mainstream media disinformation — the new case of “The Hill” Read More »
The baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
Our Quadrennial National Convention: The Electoral College Read More »
The lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work.
Understanding the Constitution: Constitutional amendments work Read More »
We have everything to gain from a convention of states and nothing to lose. . . We have a moral and legal obligation to employ that constitutional tool before splitting up the country.
Avoiding secession through an amendments convention Read More »
These objections are not real. They are excuses made by lazy and cowardly people avoiding their civic responsibility.
Is it “too late” for an amendments convention? Read More »
