On April 23, 1787, the Confederation Congress extended the post office franking privilege to all commissioners about to attend the […]
This Resolution Suggests Congress Did Agree to a Broad Constitutional Convention Read More »
This is the full version of an op-ed first appearing in the Detroit Daily News. Advocates for term limits want to
Changed Conditions May Justify Term Limits Read More »
On May 11, 1787, the Samuel Huntington, the governor of Connecticut, addressed his state legislature about the pending Constitutional Convention.
As we move closer to holding a “convention for proposing amendments” to restrain federal overreach, naysayers have not been silent.
Could Congress Control an Amendments Convention? Not According to the Founders! Read More »
Scholarly investigation into our Constitution’s actual meaning—or, more precisely, into the Constitution’s legal force immediately after adoption—commonly is called “originalist”
Originalist Research Guide Updated Read More »
Recently a professor teaching constitutional law at a prestigious university wrote in one of the nation’s top newspapers that we
The 37th “Convention of States” Discovered! Read More »
In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and
Rob discusses why he wrote his popular book, The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant, in this Independence
Rob and “The Original Constitution” Read More »
When interpreting a legal document, you often can get clues from looking at any predecessors to the document. For example,
What the 1777 Georgia Constitution Tells Us About the Article V Convention Process Read More »
This article first appeared in the Forth Worth Star Telegram. A silver lining to the withdrawal of Sen. Ted Cruz,
Cruz Withdrawal Postpones “Natural Born” Issue Read More »
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.
Was the Supreme Court right to call Obamacare’s insurance penalty a “tax?”
