How the States Have Used the “Convention of States” Procedure
This article first appeared Aug. 15, 2017 in The Hill. Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to […]
This article first appeared Aug. 15, 2017 in The Hill. Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to […]
Introduction Conventions of states, and before Independence of colonies have met frequently over the past three centuries. A “Convention for proposing Amendments” held under the […]
The idea of a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution (BBA) has been highly popular since the 1970s. Yet Congress has failed to propose […]
I recently obtained the records of what may be the last convention of states held before the gathering in Phoenix in 2017. A “convention of […]
Although there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and 1970s. A previous Article V Information […]
In this short essay, constitutional historian Rob Natelson thumbnails the three-centuries long history of “conventions of the states.” When delegations from the states assemble in […]
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