May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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The Impending "Convention for Proposing Amendments" — Part III0
- December 23, 2015
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Parts I and II appear below this post, and Parts IV-VI will be posted in the near future. How the States Have Used Article V and How They Have Continued to Meet in Convention During the
READ MOREThe Impending "Convention for Proposing Amendments" — Part II0
- December 18, 2015
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Part I appears below, and Parts III-VI will be posted in the coming weeks. How Article V was Drafted and Ratified The commissioners who met in Philadelphia to propose a plan to render the American
READ MOREThe Impending “Convention for Proposing Amendments” — Part II0
- December 18, 2015
Note: This series of six articles originally appeared in the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Part I appears below, and Parts III-VI will be posted in the coming weeks. How Article V was Drafted and Ratified The commissioners who met in Philadelphia to propose a plan to render the American political
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The Constitution’s Article V, Not the 10th Amendment, Gives State Legislatures Their Power in the Amendment Process0
- December 18, 2015
Note: An earlier version of this article appeared in The American Thinker. Some advocates of a convention for proposing amendments are endangering the Article V movement by claiming the states can use the Tenth Amendment to control the convention process. They are doing so even though the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court, has held
READ MOREThe Impending “Convention for Proposing Amendments” – Part I0
- December 13, 2015
Note: This is Part I of a six-part series I wrote on Amendment Conventions for the Washington Post’s “Volokh Conspiracy,” a leading constitutional law website. Links have not been reproduced, because all supporting information is on this website and can be found with by word search. * * * * How Past Conventions Inspired the
READ MORERob Explains Why We Need a Convention of States0
- December 10, 2015
