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Runaway Convention? Meet the ULC: An Annual Conference of States Started in 1892 That Has Never Run Away

January 11, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

by Kenneth Quinn For decades fearmongers and naysayers have been claiming that the 1787 Constitutional Convention was a “runaway” convention and therefore if an Article […]

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Who Called the Constitutional Convention? Answer: The Commonwealth of Virginia

October 7, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

In interstate convention practice a “call” is an invitation for state representatives to meet at a particular time and place to discuss certain designated issues. […]

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Simulation Shows What An Amendments Convention Would Be Like

September 27, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

This article was first published by CNSNews. How would an Article V “convention for proposing amendments” work? What would be its agenda? What about its […]

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The Impending Convention for Proposing Amendments — Part IV

February 7, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts I, II, and III appear […]

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The Impending “Convention for Proposing Amendments” — Part II

February 7, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Part I appears below, and Parts […]

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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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