May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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The Constitution’s Article V, Not the 10th Amendment, Gives State Legislatures Their Power in the Amendment Process0
- December 18, 2015
Note: An earlier version of this article appeared in The American Thinker. Some advocates of a convention for proposing amendments are endangering the Article V movement by claiming the states can use the Tenth Amendment to control the convention process. They are doing so even though the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court, has held
READ MOREThe Impending “Convention for Proposing Amendments” – Part I0
- December 13, 2015
Note: This is Part I of a six-part series I wrote on Amendment Conventions for the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Links have not been reproduced, because all supporting information is on this website and can be found with by word search. * * * * How Past Conventions Inspired the
READ MORERob Explains Why We Need a Convention of States0
- December 10, 2015
Soros-Funded Groups Attack the Article V Movement0
- December 5, 2015
Article V activists have had to deal with the defamatory, and potentially actionable, charge that they are supported by socialist billionaire George Soros. As far as I can determine, however, no one in the movement has been able to identify any pro-Article V Soros money at all. On the contrary, Soros-funded groups have repeatedly assailed
READ MOREThe Silver Lining in the Mistakes at the Assembly of State Legislatures0
- November 17, 2015
Note: This article was first published in the American Thinker. The Assembly of State Legislatures (ASL) has adjourned from its latest meeting, still without having produced a set of rules for an Article V amendments convention. I have been an enthusiastic supporter of ASL. I have to acknowledge, however, that missteps have impeded its progress.
READ MOREAnswering Questions About the Voting Rules at a Convention for Proposing Amendments0
- November 2, 2015
Note: This column appeared originally at the American Thinker. In a recent post, I examined suggestions that a convention of the states for proposing amendments adopt a supermajority rule for proposing any amendment. Most commonly suggested is that the convention replace the traditional “majority of states decides” standard with a two thirds requirement. I explained
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