May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
READ MORE[I]t became clear the ERA was a poorly-drafted measure that would do little for women’s rights. It would have transferred massive amounts of power away from local governments and elected representatives, handing it instead to lawyers, judges, and bureaucrats.
READ MORERepresentatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.” Conventions of states are valuable. They help ensure Washington, DC doesn’t dictate all decisions on every subject. The purpose of the meeting in Phoenix is to plan
READ MOREOf course, it is one thing to criticize, but another to try to craft something better.
READ MORE“This latest convention of states operated according to standard convention of states protocols.”
READ MOREAlthough there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and 1970s. In a previous Article V Information Center study, I documented how those stories were publicized by leading opinion-molders in the national liberal establishment. Their goal was to disable the Article V convention process to
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