(This article originally appeared in the American Thinker.) Opponents of a Convention of States long argued that there was an […]
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(An earlier version of this post appeared on the website of The American Thinker.) It’s ironic that one of the
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The Constitution lists several things states may not do. Article I, Section 10 provides that “No State shall . .
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