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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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More Founding-Era Evidence that Some State Functions Derive Only From the Constitution (With Some Comments on the Amendment Process)

August 12, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and entities other than the federal […]

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Proposed Rules for An Article V Convention!

July 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

If 34 state legislatures forced Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments, what would the rules look like? The Convention of States movement (CoS) […]

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New Edition of the Article V Handbook Now Available!

July 1, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

In 2011 a national trade group of state lawmakers asked me to summarize Article V research for state legislators around the country. The group, the […]

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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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