The Constitution says that “on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, [Congress] shall call […]
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. . . if you want to apply the Founders’ own rules of interpretation to the Constitution, the understanding of the ratifiers is most important.
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An extra-constitutional action may be legal or illegal.
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So what was the understanding in 1787-90? I have pieced this together over many years. In a nutshell, here it is:
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Opponents then — like their successors today — claimed they were protecting the Constitution. But what they actually were (and are) doing is protecting judges and politicians who abuse their positions by changing constitutional rules without following the normal democratic process.
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Of course, the political establishment doesn’t want you to exercise this constitutional right. So they use the same tactics vote-suppressors use: disinformation and fear.
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The study indirectly absolves President Trump of claims that he is violating the Constitution by receiving profits from enterprises whose customers include foreign governments.
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A new study confirms this blog’s conclusions in all important details.
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None of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
Educated citizens who enter politics eventually learn that deep ignorance is not unusual among elected officials. To idealists, the discovery can be a shock.
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Morris’ approach was unique and has served as an inspiration for constitution-makers ever since.
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Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
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