Who Called the Constitutional Convention? Answer: The Commonwealth of Virginia
This entry, first published on Oct. 7, 2016, was updated on April 14, 2023 and again on October 1, 2025. A “call” to an interstate […]
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List of Additional Founding-era Descriptions of an Article V Convention as a “Convention of States”
During the Founding-era, there was a clear distinction between conventions of the people—which consisted of delegates directly elected by the voters from specific districts—and conventions […]
Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]