May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The overwhelming majority of the framers had been given full authority to propose a new government. Charges that they did not are based on ignorance.
READ MOREBefore criticizing the Founders, w]e must understand the choice they faced: (1) tolerating a vile institution that was (then) dying anyway or (2) consigning the American continent to perpetual warfare at a cost of millions of lives and incalculable misery.
READ MOREIf you assume that counting persons is the proper basis for congressional representation, it’s easy to see how one could misread the reduction for slaves and the exclusion of non-tax-paying Indians as expressions of racism. However, many, probably most, of the framers did not think counting persons was the proper basis for representation.
READ MOREStates can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
READ MOREEven today, despite all the state legislative cessions, the authority available to state lawmakers remains impressive.
READ MOREBased on the Constitution’s text and history, Congress’s power to regulate its own elections should be narrowly construed.
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