Idaho considers an amendments convention
This article was first published at the Mountain State Policy Center website. One reason the federal government has become so dysfunctional—it can’t even balance its […]
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New federal court case confirms that states should join the call for an Amendments Convention
A version of this article first appeared at the Mountain States Policy Center website. On November 5, a federal district court decided Thompson v. Masterson. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The D.C. Circuit’s Convoluted Opinion on the “Equal Rights Amendment”
by Rob Natelson Advocates of the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) have lost an effort to get their amendment “certified” by the Archivist of the […]
New Videos Explain the Article V Convention Process
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a trade organization of state legislators, recently created three new videos that explain the Article V convention process for state […]