The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
The Constitution tells us that the president’s most important tasks are enforcing federal laws, nominating and appointing federal officers and judges, signing and vetoing bills, recommending measures to Congress, commanding the military, and . . . conducting foreign affairs. There is nothing in the job description about health care or pandemics, ending pollution, or fighting “institutional racism.”
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 MORENorth Carolinians repeatedly—both in official and unofficial documents—referred to an Article V convention as a “convention of the states.”
READ MOREFor many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
READ MOREHistorically, amendments have proven to be powerful vehicles for reform.
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