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Month: March 2019

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How to reform our dysfunctional federal government

March 13, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

Over the 230 years since our Constitution went into operation, amendments have proved to be powerful instruments of reform.

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Willful Misrepresentation: Convention Opponents’ Persistent Promotion of Clear Falsehoods

March 11, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

One mark of authors who oppose all efforts to use Article V’s application and convention process is their continued repetition of claims that are demonstrably false. Those statements—whether made by those on the Left or Right—are often remarkably similar, reflecting their common origin in a 1960s-70s propaganda campaign.


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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