convention for proposing amendments

The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English law 0
- March 13, 2023
The framers wrote the Constitution with Anglo-American jurisprudence in mind.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 19: Jean-Louis DeLolme: ‘We the People …’0
- March 2, 2023
The source of the Constitution’s first three words was very likely Jean-Louis DeLolme.
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State over federal power: The 100th anniversary of the Colorado River Commission 0
- June 16, 2022
The Colorado River Commission was one of the most successful conventions of states ever held. Its achievement debunks uninformed claims that interstate conventions are “unprecedented” or cannot follow a pre-set agenda.
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The Founders and the Twitter Mob 0
- June 8, 2022
As the Founders recognized, the human impulse toward mob behavior is not going to disappear. But reforms can limit its influence.
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How objections to an amendments convention got started 0
- May 12, 2022
Arguments some right-wing groups use to oppose an amendments convention were invented by activists on the Left.
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Are constitutional amendments coming?0
- April 28, 2022
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
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