Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Hostage
If you go to this site, there is a PDF which you can download that covers what the author has been able to divine about an Amendments Convention called by the authority of the states under Article V, specifically the rules under which it would operate.

About 90% of the document is correct. The 10% that is wrong comes from making unwarranted assumptions based on how the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called and how it operated. These assumptions are wrong because the original Convention was conducted under the rules of the Articles of Confederation, not the Constitution. The author also failed to read the American Bar Association's seminal 1973 document exploring how such a convention would work, how its members would be chosen, and how its purview would be limited by the state legislatures. Still, 90% isn't bad, and it's a good document to work from.

19 posted on 06/28/2012 11:09:55 AM PDT by Publius (Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]


To: Publius

There was a very serious States Conventional Convention movement for the 17th Amendment. It was so serious that Congress was moved to take the matter into their hands.

So there is precedent that is more recent.


24 posted on 06/28/2012 11:19:00 AM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson