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Month: June 2017

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The Last Convention of States Held Before Phoenix in 2017: The Upper Colorado River Commission

June 25, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

I recently obtained the records of what may be the last convention of states held before the gathering in Phoenix in 2017. A “convention of […]

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The Runaway Convention Myth: How Two Leading Newspapers Promoted It

June 11, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

Although there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and 1970s. A previous Article V Information […]

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The Story of Conventions of States in American History

June 1, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

In this short essay, constitutional historian Rob Natelson thumbnails the three-centuries long history of “conventions of the states.” When delegations from the states assemble in […]


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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