May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
READ MOREFrantic 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.
READ MOREThe Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
READ MOREBy using the Constitution’s convention procedure, we can enact the reforms necessary to save the country—and we can make them permanent.
READ MORE[T]he “progressives” have lost the argument over constitutional meaning. And that is why they have pivoted to assail the document itself.
READ MORE“[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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