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New scholarly article explains amendments conventions 0
- March 22, 2020
The 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.
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Global warming and the Constitution’s amendment process: How to tell whether a ‘consensus’ Is true 0
- March 11, 2020
How academics formed a completely erroneous “consensus” about the convention procedure of Article V.
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The new ERA campaign: constitutional malware 0
- February 12, 2020
The incentives behind the campaign are obvious. The ERA is poorly drafted and vague (which is why it was rejected). If it became part of the Constitution, the result would be legal chaos. Activists know they would be able to feed off that chaos . . . .
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New information on the Constitution’s ratification—Part IV North Carolina 0
- December 19, 2019
North Carolinians repeatedly—both in official and unofficial documents—referred to an Article V convention as a “convention of the states.”
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Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax is unconstitutional—and why you shouldn’t believe law professors’ claims to the contrary 0
- November 29, 2019
The fact that many of America’s law schools are one-sided political hothouses further encourages leftist passion at the expense of curiosity and care.
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How to reform our dysfunctional federal government 0
- September 20, 2019
For many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
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