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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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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Mason impacted the Constitution both by helping to draft it and helping to oppose it.
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Morris, who put the final finish on the Constitution, was a fierce opponent of slavery.
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Not raising the debt limit doesn’t cause default; it just forces the federal government to run a balanced budget.
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Hamilton helped get the Constitution adopted, but wanted a much stronger central government.
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This audio corrects myths about the Founders’ attitudes toward slavery and the purpose of the “three-fifths compromise.”
Audio: No, the Constitution is not racist—and never was. Read More »
Despite the clear wording of the 10th Amendment, apologists for federal power still use Wilson’s “inherent sovereign authority” theory.
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If not for Edmund Randolph, America’s most populous and most influential state would have rejected the Constitution. George Washington would have been ineligible for the presidency. The Union would have been smothered in its cradle.
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Dr. Wieciech is to be commended for examining an important constitutional issue and arriving at generally well-based conclusions.
Scholar Finds that Congress’s Power over Amendments Conventions is Strictly Limited Read More »
A Review by Rob Natelson Before the dramatic findings of scholarship in the early part of this century, American academics
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Without John Dickinson we might not have a Constitution.
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