Article V Convention

Who Called the Constitutional Convention? The Commonwealth of Virginia 0
- April 14, 2023
The Virginia legislature, not Congress, called the Constitutional Convention.
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How progressives promoted the ‘runaway convention’ myth to save judicial activism 0
- May 7, 2017
You may have heard alarms that if we hold a national convention for proposing constitutional amendments the gathering would be an uncontrollable constitutional convention (“con-con”) that could propose anything at all. The claim is called the “runaway scenario.” It has almost no basis in history or law.
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First National Convention of States in 150 Years!0
- April 11, 2017
Americans finally have a real chance to “clean up the mess in Washington.” That’s the implication of the news that the Arizona legislature has called the first national “convention of states” in over 150 years. The conclave will meet in Phoenix on September 12. Its purpose is to plan for a later convention to propose
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Voters shouldn’t be shy about amending the Constitution to bypass Congress 0
- March 21, 2017
The convention of states process is well-honed, safe, and effective. Americans need to consider carefully whether the Constitution should be amended. But they should not allow disinformation to influence their choice.
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Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on Article V and Anti-Reform Suppression Efforts 0
- March 21, 2017
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The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States 0
- February 11, 2017
A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules and procedures for such a gathering, other than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although opponents persist in this claim, it has long been debunked: The Constitutional Convention was far from the only meeting of its
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