May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The most important lesson the Founders learned from Tacitus was that power corrupts.
READ MORECould a convention of states could change the “one state/one vote” rule to one based on population? The short answer is “No.” In at least 42 conventions of states and colonies over 350+years, there is no precedent for such a change. The possibility exists only in the fantasies of convention opponents. Defenders of the federal
READ MOREAbout 40 percent of the title characters in Plutarch’s biographies ended up as pen names in the constitutional debates,
READ MOREAfter studying him in school, as adults, many of the Founders remained devoted to Livy.
READ MOREParticipants in the ratification debates could supplement English by using Virgil’s expressions . . . Virgil gave their message more force.
READ MOREFounding era state legislative records show beyond doubt that an amendments convention is a “convention of the states”
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