Does the Constitution Have a Hidden Flaw That Could Create Tyranny? About “Gödel’s Loophole”
Is there a hidden flaw in the Constitution that, when leveraged legitimately, could create tyranny? If so, what is it?
The Constitution and Elections, Part IV: Adopting an Election-Protection Amendment
History shows that the relentless trend toward federalizing our elections will continue unless we amend the Constitution to stop it.
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The Constitution and Elections, Part I: The Founders’ Design
Less than two years ago, we Americans came perilously close to losing our election system. Once the balance of power shifts back again you can bet the election-rigging proposals will re-surface. And this time, they’ll pass.
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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”
As for recent developments decreasing the “risk” of a runaway convention: That risk never existed.
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The Highly Political and Misunderstood Case of Moore v. Harper
Chief Justice Roberts’s language may create confusion the next time a state has a contested presidential election.
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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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Why Biden Can’t Use the 14th Amendment to Raise the Debt Ceiling
Not raising the debt limit doesn’t cause default; it just forces the federal government to run a balanced budget.
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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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