The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
“[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 MOREThe 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 . . . .
READ MORENorth Carolinians repeatedly—both in official and unofficial documents—referred to an Article V convention as a “convention of the states.”
READ MOREThe 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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