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Month: April 2016

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It’s Been Done Before: A Convention of the States to Propose Constitutional Amendments

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This article was first published in 2013. In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V “convention for proposing amendments.” The […]

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The Constitutional Convention Did Not Exceed Its Power and the Constitution is not “Unconstitutional”

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This article was first published in 2013. Judging by recent claims in the media such as this one, there is still a lot of […]

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The Lamp of Experience: Constitutional Amendments Work

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

(This article originally appeared in the American Thinker.) Opponents of a Convention of States long argued that there was an unacceptable risk a convention might […]


Simulation Shows What An Amendments Convention Would Be Like

How would an Article V “convention for proposing amendments” work? What would be its agenda? What about its procedures? How would voting be conducted?

History and constitutional law provide the answer to most of those questions, but it also helps to have a specific modern example. That is why Citizens for Self Governance sponsored a simulated convention of states at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia on September 21 through 23.

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Curing Federal Dysfunction by Constitutional Amendment:
A Primer

By Professor Rob Natelson

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