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Report on the Constitutionality of the “Compact for America” Plan Expanded

June 25, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

The Article V Information Center has updated and expanded Rob Natelson’s report on the constitutionality of the “Compact for America” (CFA) plan to amend the […]

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What the 1777 Georgia Constitution Tells Us About the Article V Convention Process

June 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

When interpreting a legal document, you often can get clues from looking at any predecessors to the document. For example, what did earlier drafts say? […]

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Is the “Compact for America” Procedure to Amend the Constitution Constitutional?—An Update

May 10, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Because of widespread interest in the Article V Information Center’s report on the legality of the “Compact for America” approach to amending the Constitution, we are […]

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Newly-Published Ratification Documents Confirm Our Conclusions on the Amendment Process

May 10, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

The Wisconsin Historical Society publishes successive volumes of the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. As its name indicates, the Documentary History […]

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It’s Been Done Before: A Convention of the States to Propose Constitutional Amendments

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This article was first published in 2013. In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V “convention for proposing amendments.” The […]

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The Constitutional Convention Did Not Exceed Its Power and the Constitution is not “Unconstitutional”

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This article was first published in 2013. Judging by recent claims in the media such as this one, there is still a lot of […]

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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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