May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
This information raises the number of verified conventions of colonies and states to 42. This experience renders absurd the common claim that the . . . details of conventions of states are “unknown.”
READ MOREIt is perverse to spend so much [constitutional law] class time on areas of recurrently-shifting jurisprudence, while neglecting constitutional principles that are just as central and far more enduring.
READ MOREThe framers believed that for an American government to protect liberty, its constitution must include provisions that incorporated five distinct values.
READ MOREThe baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
READ MOREThe lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work.
READ MOREWe have everything to gain from a convention of states and nothing to lose. . . We have a moral and legal obligation to employ that constitutional tool before splitting up the country.
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