Are constitutional amendments coming?
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
Are constitutional amendments coming? 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 »
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 »
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.
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These objections are not real. They are excuses made by lazy and cowardly people avoiding their civic responsibility.
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Frantic claims that it’s a “constitutional convention” … or that it can issue a new document or “radically re-write” the existing one … or change the ratification procedure—none of these have any legal or historical basis.
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The Constitution tells us that the president’s most important tasks are enforcing federal laws, nominating and appointing federal officers and judges, signing and vetoing bills, recommending measures to Congress, commanding the military, and . . . conducting foreign affairs. There is nothing in the job description about health care or pandemics, ending pollution, or fighting “institutional racism.”
“[A]nother mistake is that because an amendments convention executes a federal function, Congress can control it. But . . . the rules and protocols for carrying out federal functions come from the Constitution, not from Congress.”
New article shows how amendments conventions and other “federal functions” are regulated Read More »
The new article “marshals a massive amount of historical evidence to show that a convention for proposing amendments is simply a ‘convention of the states,’ a frequent kind of gathering in U.S. history, and one whose make-up and procedures is well known.
New scholarly article explains amendments conventions Read More »
North Carolinians repeatedly—both in official and unofficial documents—referred to an Article V convention as a “convention of the states.”
New information on the Constitution’s ratification—Part IV North Carolina Read More »
For many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
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Historically, amendments have proven to be powerful vehicles for reform.
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The amendment procedure is not a partisan device. It is a valuable constitutional right available to all Americans who want to improve their federal government.
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