Note: This article first appeared in The American Thinker. Advocates of a federal balanced budget amendment are closing in on […]
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The term “convention of states” (or “convention of the states”) dates at least from the year 1780. By 1788 it
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Note: This article first appeared on the American Thinker website. In the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, a “convention” can mean a
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Seldom has a claim so weak been so often advanced than the claim that a convention for proposing amendments would
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Margaret Mitchell, the author of the hugely popular novel Gone With the Wind, was a newspaper reporter and the child
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The movement for a “convention for proposing amendments” won some stunning successes in the 2014 state legislative sessions. There was
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This article was first published on CNS News. A newly published speech by one of our Framers offers important clues
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The drives for one or more convention of states to reform the dysfunctional federal government are proceeding apace, and Georgia
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In a recent post, I pointed out that, despite superficial appearances, the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause—clarifying that Congress has
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Two bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives show that whatever they may say on the campaign trail, many
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