Statement by Rob Natelson on the “Compact for America’s” Latest Attack
The authors affiliated with the Compact for America (CFA) would have us believe that states may use their ordinary law-making power to reduce the Constitution’s […]
Month: August 2016
The 37th “Convention of States” Discovered!
Recently a professor teaching constitutional law at a prestigious university wrote in one of the nation’s top newspapers that we should oppose an Article V convention […]
The Santa Fe Convention: A 20th Century Convention of States
Posted Jan. 17, 2014; updated Jun. 5, 2022. For over 300 years, American states (and before Independence, American colonies) have cooperated with each other as […]
Convention Rules from the “Assembly of State Legislatures:” Two Cheers Only
This posting was updated on Jan. 18, 2023. In June, 2016 the Assembly of State Legislatures (ASL), a planning group of state lawmakers (now apparently […]
More Founding-Era Evidence that Some State Functions Derive Only From the Constitution (With Some Comments on the Amendment Process)
In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and entities other than the federal […]