May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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How progressives promoted the ‘runaway convention’ myth to save judicial activism0
- May 7, 2017
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.
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A Response to the “Runaway Scenario”0
- February 15, 2013
NOTE: This is an updated version of an essay first published in 2013. For a comprehensive treatment of amendment law, see The Law of Article V: State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments and postings at the Article V Information Center website. Many lawmakers and activists, and most of the public, now favor a constitutional amendment to
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