May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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Convention Rules for a Convention of the States0
- May 28, 2017
The 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
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Proposed Rules for An Article V Convention!0
- August 14, 2015
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
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