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New scholarly article explains amendments conventions

March 22, 2020 Rob Natelson 0

To amend the Constitution, approval of an amendment by three fourths of the states (now 38 of 50) is required. But before that, the amendment […]

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Tennessee Supreme Court, like the U.S. Supreme Court, says an amendments convention is a “convention of the states”

January 1, 2020 Rob Natelson 0

This blog previously has noted that in the 1831 case of Smith v. Union Bank, the Supreme Court referred to an Article V convention as […]

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Newly published founding-era documents confirm that an amendments convention is a traditional “convention of the states”

January 1, 2020 Rob Natelson 0

The editors of the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution recently released two volumes of documents covering the Constitution’s ratification in North Carolina—the last state […]

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John Paul Stevens’ greatest legacy

July 26, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

By clarifying constitutional amendment law, Stevens made it more accessible to citizens who now seek to use it to cure our dysfunctional federal government.

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Amending the U.S. Constitution: a basic guide

July 7, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

Widespread public dissatisfaction with the federal government has sparked interest in recalibrating the system.

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New Information on the Convention Process from Recently Published Founding-Era Documents

March 28, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

Scholarly research over the past decade has fairly well discredited the factual assertions made by the opponents. However, the latest three volumes of the Documentary History of the Ratification contain fragments of information buttressing what we already know.

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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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