May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The two leading precedents in the English speaking world both reinforced dictionary definitions: Electors were to think for themselves.
READ MOREOf course, it is one thing to criticize, but another to try to craft something better.
READ MORE“This latest convention of states operated according to standard convention of states protocols.”
READ MOREAlthough there were scattered antecedents, “runaway convention” claims and certain associated myths were first distributed widely during the 1960s and 1970s. In a previous Article V Information Center study, I documented how those stories were publicized by leading opinion-molders in the national liberal establishment. Their goal was to disable the Article V convention process to
READ MOREThe convention of the states meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in September will need a set of rules. Moreover, that convention will be engaged in further rule-writing because the Arizona Legislature called it partly to suggest rules for a prospective Article V Convention for Proposing Amendments. I suggest the planners start with the Model Rules provided
READ MOREYou may have heard alarms that if we hold a national convention for proposing constitutional amendments the gathering would be an uncontrollable constitutional convention (“con-con”) that could propose anything at all. The claim is called the “runaway scenario.” It has almost no basis in history or law. But it has long frightened Americans away from
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