constitutional amendment Archives - Independence Institute

How states should push back against the Biden administration 0
- March 22, 2021
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
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The federal powers of state legislatures 0
- March 18, 2021
Even today, despite all the state legislative cessions, the authority available to state lawmakers remains impressive.
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How a ‘Convention of States’ really works 0
- March 4, 2021
Frantic claims that it’s a “constitutional convention” … or that it can issue a new document or “radically re-write” the existing one … or change the ratification procedure—none of these have any legal or historical basis.
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New article relevant to the 2020 election, amendments, & much more!0
- February 5, 2021
The Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
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The solution is a convention of the states: 5th of a five part series 0
- February 1, 2021
By using the Constitution’s convention procedure, we can enact the reforms necessary to save the country—and we can make them permanent.
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New article shows how amendments conventions and other “federal functions” are regulated 0
- April 21, 2020
“[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.”
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