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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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How the States Have Used the “Convention of States” Procedure

September 1, 2017 articlev_admin2 0

This article first appeared Aug. 15, 2017 in The Hill. Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to […]

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What should you remember when drafting a constitutional amendment?

October 16, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Last month, Citizens for Self Governance sponsored a simulated convention for proposing amendments in Williamsburg, Virginia. I was an adviser for the project, and just […]

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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 37th “Convention of States” Discovered!

August 21, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Recently a professor teaching constitutional law at a prestigious university wrote in one of the nation’s top newspapers that we should oppose an Article V convention […]

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Is the “Compact for America” Procedure to Amend the Constitution Constitutional?—An Update

May 10, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Because of widespread interest in the Article V Information Center’s report on the legality of the “Compact for America” approach to amending the Constitution, we are […]

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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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