New Edition of the Article V Handbook Now Available!
In 2011 a national trade group of state lawmakers asked me to summarize Article V research for state legislators around […]
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Restoring ‘Diversity’ To The Supreme Court
This article originally appeared in the Daily Caller. Liberals talk a great deal about “diversity” these days, so it is
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Report on the Constitutionality of the “Compact for America” Plan Expanded
The Article V Information Center has updated and expanded Rob Natelson’s report on the constitutionality of the “Compact for
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What the 1777 Georgia Constitution Tells Us About the Article V Convention Process
When interpreting a legal document, you often can get clues from looking at any predecessors to the document. For example,
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The 4th Edition of Prof. Natelson’s Article V Treatise Is Now Here!!
In 2014 the first legal treatise ever on the Constitution’s amendment process was published: Prof. Rob Natelson’s work, State Initiation of
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Cruz Withdrawal Postpones “Natural Born” Issue
This article first appeared in the Forth Worth Star Telegram. A silver lining to the withdrawal of Sen. Ted Cruz,
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Is the “Compact for America” Procedure to Amend the Constitution Constitutional?—An Update
Because of widespread interest in the Article V Information Center’s report on the legality of the “Compact for America” approach to
Newly-Published Ratification Documents Confirm Our Conclusions on the Amendment Process
The Wisconsin Historical Society publishes successive volumes of the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. As its
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Ranking the Presidents Using CONSTITUTIONAL Factors Rather than Liberal Politics
This article was first published by CNSNews. In an earlier post, I pointed out that the usual academic rankings of
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Measuring Good and Bad Presidents: Why Academic Historians Are Wrong
This article was first posted at CNS News. I recently watched an academic panel on C-SPAN devoted to “The Worst
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Book Review: Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me About Obama, Hillary, and the Democratic Party
I expected this book, written by Dinesh D’Souza and published by Broadside Books, to be bitter. For one thing,
Is the “Compact for America” Plan to Amend the Constitution Constitutional? Unfortunately not.
II’s Article V Information Center has just issued a law report concluding that the “Compact for America” approach to amending the Constitution is, unfortunately, almost wholly unconstitutional.