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When We Amend the Constitution, Make Sure We Follow the U.S. Procedure, not the “Confederate States” Procedure

September 19, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

People who claim that states may, through state law, dictate the wording of amendments to the interstate “convention for proposing amendments” are not accurately representing […]

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Phyllis Schlafly, RIP

September 6, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

I extend my sincere condolences for the death of Phyllis Schlafly to her family and followers. Mrs. Schlafly could rise to greatness. Her book, A […]

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Statement by Rob Natelson on the “Compact for America’s” Latest Attack

August 22, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

The authors affiliated with the Compact for America (CFA) would have us believe that states may use their ordinary law-making power to reduce the Constitution’s […]

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The 37th “Convention of States” Discovered!

August 21, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Recently a professor teaching constitutional law at a prestigious university wrote in one of the nation’s top newspapers that we should oppose an Article V convention […]

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The Santa Fe Convention: A 20th Century Convention of States

August 21, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Posted Jan. 17, 2014; updated Jun. 5, 2022. For over 300 years, American states (and before Independence, American colonies) have cooperated with each other as […]

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Convention Rules from the “Assembly of State Legislatures:” Two Cheers Only

August 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

This posting was updated on Jan. 18, 2023. In June, 2016 the Assembly of State Legislatures (ASL), a planning group of state lawmakers (now apparently […]

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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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