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How the False Stories Against An Amendments Convention Got Started 0
- April 17, 2018
This column first appeared in The Hill on April 2, 2018. We are witnessing a renewal and quickening of a 50-year old campaign to dissuade Americans from calling a convention for proposing constitutional amendments. Like voter suppression efforts, the campaign uses fear and disinformation to discourage citizens from exercising an important constitutional right. Article V of the Constitution permits the
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Responding to Fears of an Amendments Convention 0
- March 23, 2018
Of course, the political establishment doesn’t want you to exercise this constitutional right. So they use the same tactics vote-suppressors use: disinformation and fear.
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Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About Those Favoring An Amendments Convention 0
- February 21, 2018
None of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
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Where the Constitution’s Word “Convention” Came From 0
- February 4, 2018
Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
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Activists Can Spend Their Time Better Than Trying to Resurrect the Zombie “Equal Rights Amendment”0
- November 20, 2017
[I]t became clear the ERA was a poorly-drafted measure that would do little for women’s rights. It would have transferred massive amounts of power away from local governments and elected representatives, handing it instead to lawyers, judges, and bureaucrats.
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Drafting a Balanced Budget Amendment: It’s tougher than you might think 0
- July 21, 2017
Of course, it is one thing to criticize, but another to try to craft something better.
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