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Month: November 2018

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Are recent “rescissions” of Article V applications valid?

November 16, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

Many recent state legislative Article V rescissions suffer from defects the courts call “material mistakes.” A material mistake can void some legal documents. Article V […]

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The Founders Pointed to Article V as a Cure for Federal Abuse

November 14, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

I recently came across one of those silly websites in which a writer largely ignorant of the Constitution’s background purports to lecture us about it. […]


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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