The 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter: A Forerunner to the Constitution
This letter anticipated important aspects of the Constitution, written two decades later.
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Idaho considers an amendments convention
This article was first published at the Mountain State Policy Center website. One reason the federal government has become so
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Idaho considers an amendments convention
Today no recognized Article V scholar takes the “runaway convention” objection seriously.
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New federal court case confirms that states should join the call for an Amendments Convention
A version of this article first appeared at the Mountain States Policy Center website. On November 5, a federal district
Who Called the Constitutional Convention? The Commonwealth of Virginia
The Virginia legislature, not Congress, called the Constitutional Convention.
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List of Additional Founding-era Descriptions of an Article V Convention as a “Convention of States”
During the Founding-era, there was a clear distinction between conventions of the people—which consisted of delegates directly elected by the
An Amendments Convention is a “Convention of the States”—the Evidence Continues to Pile Up
The Founding-era evidence on this point is both massive and uncontradicted.
The Electoral College in Context
The Electoral College is a necessary part of a wider presidential election system, which in turn is the result of many factors, not just a few.
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Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions
During the 1970s, a handful of liberal writers with privileged media access spread disinformation about the amendment process, apparently to protect an activist Supreme Court.
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Biden’s Supreme Court Term Limits Proposal
Term limits on the Supreme Court are justified, but must be balanced by term limits on Congress.
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It’s a “Convention of the States”—Three More Founding-Era Documents Confirm It
Three new North Carolina documents from the Founding confirm that an amendments convention is a “convention of the states.”
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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?