Samuel L. Fieldman, a lawyer and Article V expert, has unearthed an internal congressional memo from the establishment’s anti-convention campaign […]
Newly-Found Memo Discloses D.C. Establishment Efforts to Block an Article V Convention Read More »
This article was first published at the Mountain State Policy Center website. One reason the federal government has become so
Idaho considers an amendments convention Read More »
A version of this article first appeared at the Mountain States Policy Center website. On November 5, a federal district
In modern conditions, it is literally impossible for an amendments convention to exceed its authority; the “run away” scenario is
Answering the “Runaway Scenario”: Constitutional Whack-a-Mole Read More »
Although there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and
The Runaway Convention Myth: How Two Leading Newspapers Promoted It Read More »
You may have heard alarms that if we hold a national convention for proposing constitutional amendments the gathering would be
The Runaway Convention Myth: How Academics and other Opinion Leaders Promoted It Read More »
An old myth has showed up in the media again: the myth that delegates to the 1787 Constitution Convention violated
Yes, the Constitution was adopted legally Read More »
An old myth has showed up in the media again: the myth that delegates to the 1787 Constitution Convention violated
Yes, the Constitution was adopted legally Read More »
Seldom has a claim so weak been so often advanced than the claim that a convention for proposing amendments would
"Runaway Convention" Nonsense—One More Time Read More »
NOTE: This is an updated version of an essay first published in 2013. For a comprehensive treatment of amendment law,
A Response to the “Runaway Scenario” Read More »
Should we acknowledge that the U.S. Constitution is filled with “archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions,” and “extricat[e] ourselves from
A Response to Professor Seidman Read More »
