May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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.
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READ MOREHow academics formed a completely erroneous “consensus” about the convention procedure of Article V.
READ MORENorth Carolinians repeatedly—both in official and unofficial documents—referred to an Article V convention as a “convention of the states.”
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