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 […]
Articles by Rob Natelson
It’s a “Convention of the States”—Three New Founding-Era Documents Confirm It
As readers of this website know, a common argument against holding a convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution is that the makeup and […]
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 […]
Heritage Foundation Paper Supports a “Convention of the States”
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 […]
Supreme Court Confirms Rule that when State Legislatures Act in the Amendment Process, They Do So Independently
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 […]
The D.C. Circuit’s Convoluted Opinion on the “Equal Rights Amendment”
by Rob Natelson Advocates of the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) have lost an effort to get their amendment “certified” by the Archivist of the […]