Idaho considers an amendments convention
This article was first published at the Mountain State Policy Center website. One reason the federal government has become so dysfunctional—it can’t even balance its […]
Articles by Rob Natelson
New federal court case confirms that states should join the call for an Amendments Convention
A version of this article first appeared at the Mountain States Policy Center website. On November 5, a federal district court decided Thompson v. Masterson. […]
List of Additional Founding-era Descriptions of an Article V Convention as a “Convention of States”
During the Founding-era, there was a clear distinction between conventions of the people—which consisted of delegates directly elected by the voters from specific districts—and conventions […]
Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions
This essay first appeared on Oct. 23 in Law & Liberty. Law & Liberty recently featured an excellent exchange between John Grove and Mark Pulliam on state nullification as a […]
Article V Table of Cases
Following is a table of cases relevant to Article V court cases, as of 2022. Nearly all were decided under Article V or discuss Article […]
Even Constitutional Conventions are Limited
A common tactic among opponents of an amendments convention is to label it a “constitutional convention,” and then claim that a constitutional convention is inherently […]