How states can work together without the feds
States contemplating interposition usually should act in cooperation with other states. This essay outlines how methods of cooperation work.
Two New Conventions of States Discovered!
This information raises the number of verified conventions of colonies and states to 42. This experience renders absurd the common claim that the . . . details of conventions of states are “unknown.”
The Albany Plan of Union: Another Predecessor to the Constitution
Some of the Plan’s features foreshadowed the Articles of Confederation, some foreshadowed the Constitution, and some foreshadowed both.
How progressives promoted the ‘runaway convention’ myth to save judicial activism
You 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.
Proposed Rules for An Article V Convention!
If 34 state legislatures forced Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments, what would the rules look like? The Convention of States movement (CoS) wanted an answer to this question. So its president asked me to take the lead in drafting sample rules. Then CoS would present them to state legislators for comment. This […]
How Do We Know an Article V Amendments Convention is a “Convention of the States?” Because Both the Founders and the Supreme Court Said So
Article V of the Constitution authorizes a “Convention for proposing Amendments.” However, it does did not specify how the convention is to be composed. People unfamiliar with constitutional history sometimes claim the makeup of an amendments convention is either a complete mystery or subject to the determination of Congress. Nonsense. For one thing, the Supreme […]
