What an Article V Convention Is and Is Not
Conservatives of all stripes in the United States generally agree that the federal government — Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidency —...
Convention of States
Busting the Myth of the Convention of States’ “Myth Busting”
For all its focus on the future, the Convention of States (COS) organization has neglected to adequately study the past. Specifically, the history...
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Convention of States: An Amendment Would Force the Feds to Stop Spending Our Money
The feds are already prohibited from spending our money on unconstitutional programs by the existing Constitution. They ignore that prohibition. ...
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Convention of States Ignores Term Limits Already Included in the Constitution
In an earlier article, I challenged a few of the Convention of States’ (COS) “Seven Guidelines for Drafting Proposed Amendments” and today I’ll...
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Convention of States: “Guidelines” for Writing Amendments to the Constitution
In one of its latest blog posts, Convention of States (COS) is once again proving it has no understanding of the Constitution or...
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Convention of States: Misreading the Constitution or Misleading the People?
Let’s read Article V of the U.S. Constitution together, and I want you to pay attention to which groups are empowered to call...
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Convention of States Using Quotes Out of Context to Confuse Conservatives
COS is purposefully misquoting and misappropriating statements of the Founding Fathers to imply that they supported a new convention to propose amendments. ...
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Mark Levin Playing on Ignorance to Hawk a Convention of States Idea
The New American’s Christian Gomez sits down with author and contributor to The New American magazine Joe Wolverton to discuss his online article...
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Convention of States Gets History Wrong in Ad for “Simulated Convention”
The New American’s Christian Gomez sits down with author and contributor to The New American magazine Joe Wolverton to discuss his online article titled, “Convention of States Ad for ‘Simulated...
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Correcting a Convention of States Blog Misleading Readers Regarding Founders’ View of Amendments Convention
Contrary to what COS claims, statesmen and citizens of the Founding Era strongly opposed and feared a new convention. ...
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Convention of States Ad for “Simulated Convention” Gets History Wrong — Again
For one thing, COS people demonstrably lie when they state that the Founders envisaged a new convention "as a check and balance on...
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South Dakota Senator Exposes COS Deceit and Fake Petitions Including From His Own Wife
In this exclusive interview with The New American, Senator David Johnson (R-33), a South Dakota legislator and officer in the US Air Force and...
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Resolutions to Rescind Con-Con Applications Introduced in Alabama
The bills' sponsors rightly note that "the powers delegated by the Constitution of 1787 to the federal government are few and defined, and...
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Convention of States Letter Full of Contradictions
This week, this writer received a fundraising letter from the Convention of States (COS) organization, signed by its president, Mark Meckler — a...
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Publius-Huldah: A Thorn in the side of COS
In today’s spotlight is legal scholar Joanna Martin, popularly known under her pseudonym Publius-Huldah. For decades she has been a tireless defender of...
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