May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The source of the Constitution’s first three words was very likely Jean-Louis DeLolme.
READ MOREKey framers explained why the Constitutional Convention had authority to propose a new form of government.
READ MORECould a convention of states could change the “one state/one vote” rule to one based on population? The short answer is “No.” In at least 42 conventions of states and colonies over 350+years, there is no precedent for such a change. The possibility exists only in the fantasies of convention opponents. Defenders of the federal
READ MOREFounding era state legislative records show beyond doubt that an amendments convention is a “convention of the states”
READ MOREMany states have governors with no illusions about this administration, and who understand what its direction is likely to be. If those governors have not begun already to plan for a crisis, they had better start now.
READ MOREAll of these false assertions emerged from a historical process—primarily during the 19th century—that I’ve labeled “The Great Forgetting.”
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