How to reform our dysfunctional federal government
by Rob Natelson This article was first published in the Jan. 10, 2019 issue of The Epoch Times Most Americans have come to see the […]
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A Response to the Runaway Scenario
Many lawmakers and activists, and most of the public, now favor constitutional amendments to impose financial restraints on Congress, impose term limits, and adopt some […]
Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About the Article V Movement
In recent months, Hillary Clinton has made numerous inaccurate statements about those Americans working for what the Constitution calls a “convention for proposing amendments.” Because […]
Yes, the Constitution was adopted legally
An old myth has showed up in the media again: the myth that delegates to the 1787 Constitution Convention violated their trust—that they produced a […]
This Resolution Suggests Congress Did Agree to a Broad Constitutional Convention
On April 23, 1787, the Confederation Congress extended the post office franking privilege to all commissioners about to attend the Constitutional Convention. In other words, […]
What Connecticut’s Authorizing Documents Tell Us About the Constitutional Convention—and About Modern Misinterpretations
On May 11, 1787, the Samuel Huntington, the governor of Connecticut, addressed his state legislature about the pending Constitutional Convention. Shortly thereafter the legislature adopted […]