May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
The Founders were far more interested in Machiavelli’s “Discourses on Livy” than in “The Prince.”
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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
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READ MOREAbout 40 percent of the title characters in Plutarch’s biographies ended up as pen names in the constitutional debates,
READ MOREA truly conservative-activist majority would strike down a range of state and federal economic regulations as violating due process. Gone would be minimum wage laws, maximum hour rules, price controls of any kind.
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