May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
If 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 MORE“[A]nother mistake is that because an amendments convention executes a federal function, Congress can control it. But . . . the rules and protocols for carrying out federal functions come from the Constitution, not from Congress.”
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.
READ MOREHow academics formed a completely erroneous “consensus” about the convention procedure of Article V.
READ MORE[The integrity of presidential electors] has taken on great urgency as “progressive” state legislatures increasingly meddle with free elections.
READ MORESelf-government is at the heart of the American experiment. Historically, it is far more important than some other institutions (such as slavery) that [receive] more attention . . . . .
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