This semi-tongue-in-cheek article was first published at the American Spectator. Dissatisfaction with the presidential nominees of both major parties is […]
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In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and
In 2011 a national trade group of state lawmakers asked me to summarize Article V research for state legislators around
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The Article V Information Center has updated and expanded Rob Natelson’s report on the constitutionality of the “Compact for
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When interpreting a legal document, you often can get clues from looking at any predecessors to the document. For example,
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In 2014 the first legal treatise ever on the Constitution’s amendment process was published: Prof. Rob Natelson’s work, State Initiation of
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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
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I expected this book, written by Dinesh D’Souza and published by Broadside Books, to be bitter. For one thing,
II’s Article V Information Center has just issued a law report concluding that the “Compact for America” approach to amending the Constitution is, unfortunately, almost wholly unconstitutional.
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.”
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Georgia Lawyer and Article V expert Dave Guldenschuh has just issued his latest update on Article V amendment activity around
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