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 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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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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New Videos Explain the Article V Convention Process
Tired of the federal government’s overreaching and dysfunction? Here’s the solution the Constitution prescribes
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The end of representative government?
None of the four “progressive” mega-donors had any personal connections to most of the legislative districts they targeted. They didn’t live there, didn’t own property there, and in most cases probably had never seen the district.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English law
The framers wrote the Constitution with Anglo-American jurisprudence in mind.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 19: Jean-Louis DeLolme: ‘We the People …’
The source of the Constitution’s first three words was very likely Jean-Louis DeLolme.
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State over federal power: The 100th anniversary of the Colorado River Commission
The Colorado River Commission was one of the most successful conventions of states ever held. Its achievement debunks uninformed claims that interstate conventions are “unprecedented” or cannot follow a pre-set agenda.
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