Are constitutional amendments coming?
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
The ‘Independent Legislature Doctrine’—and why it frightens many on the left
The hysteria has been matched only by the detractors’ astonishing constitutional ignorance.
Never Again! Reforms to prevent future pandemic overreach
Right now—while pandemic mistakes are fresh in our minds—is the time to adopt legal reforms to ensure those mistakes don’t happen again.
Two New Conventions of States Discovered!
This information raises the number of verified conventions of colonies and states to 42. This experience renders absurd the common claim that the . . . details of conventions of states are “unknown.”
Our Quadrennial National Convention: The Electoral College
The baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
Understanding the Constitution: Constitutional amendments work
The lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work.
Avoiding secession through an amendments convention
We have everything to gain from a convention of states and nothing to lose. . . We have a moral and legal obligation to employ that constitutional tool before splitting up the country.
Is it “too late” for an amendments convention?
These objections are not real. They are excuses made by lazy and cowardly people avoiding their civic responsibility.
How states should push back against the Biden administration
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
The federal powers of state legislatures
Even today, despite all the state legislative cessions, the authority available to state lawmakers remains impressive.
How a ‘Convention of States’ really works
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.
New article relevant to the 2020 election, amendments, & much more!
The Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
