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To: Jacquerie; Baynative
I know this is old hat for you two veterans of this struggle, but I find it useful to post this info for those who come to these threads uninitiated.

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I have two reference works.

The first is from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative pro-business group. This document has been sent to every state legislator in the country.

Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers

The second is a 1973 report from the American Bar Association attempting to identify gray areas in the amendatory process to include an Amendments Convention. It represents the view of the ruling class of 40 years ago. While I don't like some of their conclusions, they have laid out the precedents that may justify those conclusions. What I respect is the comprehensive job they did in locating all the gray areas. They went so far as to identify a gray area that didn't pop up until the Equal Rights Amendment crashed and burned a decade later. Even if you find yourself in disagreement with their vision, it's worth reading to see how the ruling class will try to dominate an Amendments Convention.

Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee

21 posted on 12/09/2013 10:12:46 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

Publius, you post the same two links to every Article V thread.

IMO, that is a good thing.

I say that because I suspect they prompt freepers to dig deeper into Article V and our history.


24 posted on 12/09/2013 11:15:37 AM PST by Jacquerie (Now launch the Constitutional Spring! Support an Article V Amendment Convention.)
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