The Founders and the Twitter Mob
As the Founders recognized, the human impulse toward mob behavior is not going to disappear. But reforms can limit its influence.
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How objections to an amendments convention got started
Arguments some right-wing groups use to oppose an amendments convention were invented by activists on the Left.
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Are constitutional amendments coming?
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
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Amendment Law in Context
Author’s Note: Amendment law is part of a wider category known as the law of “federal functions.” One reason there
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Mainstream media disinformation — the new case of “The Hill”
“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
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Our Quadrennial National Convention: The Electoral College
The baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
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Answering the “Runaway Scenario”: Constitutional Whack-a-Mole
In modern conditions, it is literally impossible for an amendments convention to exceed its authority; the “run away” scenario is
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The Supreme Court’s wretched Obamacare decision
Can there any clearer demonstration of why we need a convention of the states to take back our government?
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How states should push back against the Biden administration
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
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How a ‘Convention of States’ really works
Frantic claims that it’s a “constitutional convention” … or that it can issue a new document or “radically re-write” the existing one … or change the ratification procedure—none of these have any legal or historical basis.
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New article relevant to the 2020 election, amendments, & much more!
The Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
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The solution is a convention of the states: 5th of a five part series
By using the Constitution’s convention procedure, we can enact the reforms necessary to save the country—and we can make them permanent.
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