May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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.
READ MOREAs the Founders recognized, the human impulse toward mob behavior is not going to disappear. But reforms can limit its influence.
READ MOREArguments some right-wing groups use to oppose an amendments convention were invented by activists on the Left.
READ MOREFar from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
READ MORE“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
READ MOREThe baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
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