How a ‘Convention of States’ really works
- March 4, 2021
Frantic claims that it’s a “constitutional convention” … or that it can issue a new document or “radically re-write” the existing one … or change the ratification procedure—none of these have any legal or historical basis.
READ MOREThe Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
READ MOREBy using the Constitution’s convention procedure, we can enact the reforms necessary to save the country—and we can make them permanent.
READ MOREI’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I know a diversion when I see one.
READ MOREIf we were to cut the presidency down to constitutional size, it wouldn’t matter so much that on rare occasions the position’s occupant was not the popular vote winner.
READ MOREThe new article “marshals a massive amount of historical evidence to show that a convention for proposing amendments is simply a ‘convention of the states,’ a frequent kind of gathering in U.S. history, and one whose make-up and procedures is well known.
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