How Should We Draft a Balanced Budget Amendment?
The idea of a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution (BBA) has been highly popular since the 1970s. Yet Congress has failed to propose […]
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The Last Convention of States Held Before Phoenix in 2017: The Upper Colorado River Commission
I recently obtained the records of what may be the last convention of states held before the gathering in Phoenix in 2017. A “convention of […]
The Runaway Convention Myth: How Two Leading Newspapers Promoted It
Although there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and 1970s. A previous Article V Information […]
The Story of Conventions of States in American History
In this short essay, constitutional historian Rob Natelson thumbnails the three-centuries long history of “conventions of the states.” When delegations from the states assemble in […]
Convention Rules for a Convention of the States
The convention of the states meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in September will need a set of rules. Moreover, that convention will be engaged in further […]
The Runaway Convention Myth: How Academics and other Opinion Leaders Promoted It
You may have heard alarms that if we hold a national convention for proposing constitutional amendments the gathering would be an uncontrollable constitutional convention (“con-con”) […]