Tenth Amendment - Article V Information Center

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 […]

What is an Amendments Convention “Application?” What is a “Call?”

February 25, 2016 Rob Natelson 0

Article V of the Constitution states that “The Congress . . . on Applications of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.”
As I pointed out in my book, The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant, 18th century writers were imbued heavily with Latin language […]

The Constitution’s Article V, Not the 10th Amendment, Gives State Legislatures Their Power in the Amendment Process

February 7, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: An earlier version of this article appeared inThe American Thinker. Some advocates of a convention for proposing amendments are endangering the Article V movement […]