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How to reform our dysfunctional federal government

March 13, 2019 Rob Natelson 0

Over the 230 years since our Constitution went into operation, amendments have proved to be powerful instruments of reform.

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A Response to the Runaway Scenario

November 11, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

Many lawmakers and activists, and most of the public, now favor constitutional amendments to impose financial restraints on Congress, impose term limits, and adopt some […]

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Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About the Article V Movement

February 21, 2018 articlev_admin2 0

In recent months, Hillary Clinton has made numerous inaccurate statements about those Americans working for what the Constitution calls a “convention for proposing amendments.” Because […]

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Yes, the Constitution was adopted legally

May 17, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

An old myth has showed up in the media again: the myth that delegates to the 1787 Constitution Convention violated their trust—that they produced a […]

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This Resolution Suggests Congress Did Agree to a Broad Constitutional Convention

October 27, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

On April 23, 1787, the Confederation Congress extended the post office franking privilege to all commissioners about to attend the Constitutional Convention. In other words, […]

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What Connecticut’s Authorizing Documents Tell Us About the Constitutional Convention—and About Modern Misinterpretations

October 11, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

On May 11, 1787, the Samuel Huntington, the governor of Connecticut, addressed his state legislature about the pending Constitutional Convention. Shortly thereafter the legislature adopted […]

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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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