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”
A version of this essay was first published in the Nov. 12, 2023 Epoch Times. The movement for a national
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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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Scholar Finds that Congress’s Power over Amendments Conventions is Strictly Limited
A Review by Rob Natelson Before the dramatic findings of scholarship in the early part of this century, American academics
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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 4: John Dickinson
Without John Dickinson we might not have a Constitution.
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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 3: James Madison
Madison was the most important single individual in the Constitution’s formation.
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