May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The court reached the right conclusion, but it erred in two ways.
READ MOREMarshall was not part of the “living constitution” project. He sought to interpret the Constitution according to “the intention of its makers.”
READ MOREThere has been a effort in the law schools—and at times in the Supreme Court—to appropriate Marshall as a model for liberal activism.
READ MOREThree new North Carolina documents from the Founding confirm that an amendments convention is a “convention of the states.”
READ MOREJohn Marshall helped secure adoption of the Constitution.
READ MOREJustice Barrett’s opinion contains a readable survey of the court’s convoluted “takings” law.
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