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Month: February 2017

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Newly Rediscovered: The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States

February 12, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules and procedures for such a […]


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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