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Articles by Rob Natelson

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List of Additional Founding-era Descriptions of an Article V Convention as a “Convention of States”

February 16, 2025 Rob Natelson 0

In 2020, Marquette Law Review published Rob Natelson’s article listing numerous incidences in which the American Founders, official and unofficial Founding-era documents, 19th century documents, […]

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Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions

October 23, 2024 Rob Natelson 0

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 […]

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Article V Table of Cases

September 10, 2024 Rob Natelson 0

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 […]

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Even Constitutional Conventions are Limited

January 4, 2024 Rob Natelson 0

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 […]

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Heritage Foundation Paper Supports a “Convention of the States”

November 20, 2023 Rob Natelson 0

A version of this essay was first published in the Nov. 12, 2023 Epoch Times. The movement for a national convention of states recently got […]

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Supreme Court Confirms Rule that when State Legislatures Act in the Amendment Process, They Do So Independently

June 27, 2023 Rob Natelson 0

Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that when state legislatures undertake functions under Article V of the Constitution, they do so as independent […]

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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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