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Month: April 2017

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A Founder Gives Us a Lesson on the Constitution’s Amendment Process

April 19, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

Among the best tools for interpreting the Constitution are public explanations by its advocates made during the ratification fight. These explanations helped shape how the […]

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Scalia Probably Favored An Amendments Convention — But Does It Matter?

April 12, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

A majority of state legislatures have voted to trigger the U.S. Constitution’s most important procedure for reforming the federal government. This is the gathering that […]

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Phoenix, 2017: The First National Convention of States in 150 Years!

April 11, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

Americans finally have a real chance to “clean up the mess in Washington.” That’s the implication of the news that the Arizona legislature has called […]


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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