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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Does the Constitution Grant Congress Authority to Enact a Code of Ethics for the Supreme Court?
Recent revelations of Justice Clarence Thomas’ failure to disclose financial transactions have fueled a growing demand for Congress to introduce new ethical standards for the Supreme Court. This has ignited a...
Louisiana Legislature Affirms “Sovereign Right” of State Nullification
S.C.R. 21 delivers a strong legislative statement in favor of state nullification and constitutional adherence, and is fully supported by the Constitution. ...
Colorado Authorizes Online Payment for Marijuana, Nullifying Federal Prohibition
Nullification is the proper response when the federal government steps outside the boundaries of its constitutionally enumerated authority. ...
On This Day at the Convention of 1787: The New Jersey Plan Is Presented
On June 15, 1787, New Jersey's William Paterson offered an alternative to the Virginia Plan to preserve the equality of the states existing under the Articles of Confederation. ...
Newsom Pitches Constitutional Convention to Gut Second Amendment
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently proposed a Constitutional Convention to gut the Second Amendment. Conversely, a Constitutional Convention, or Con-Con, is the method “conservative” organization Convention of States says is the...
Gavin Newsom: Constitutional Convention to Propose “28th Amendment” for Gun Control
California governor and potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Gavin Newsom announced the launch of his “Campaign for Democracy” to propose a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution for gun control by...
This Day at the Convention of 1787: Compromise, Compromise, Compromise
Three pivotal decisions were made on June 8: the Connecticut Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the New Jersey Compromise. ...
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 federal power." ...
Army Excuse for Renaming Fort Bragg Full of False History
The renaming of Ft. Bragg is just one of the administration's egregious attempts to erase America's true history. ...
Mark Levin: Con-Con Is Only Way to Save America
Actually, the only way to save America is to elect state legislators and governors who will rein in Washington by applying the Tenth Amendment. ...
This Week in 1789 James Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights
Madison's words to the First Congress in support of the Bill of Rights would become one of the most famous orations in defense of liberty ever delivered by an American statesman....
The Petition of Right of 1628: A Forgotten Cornerstone of Our Constitution
The document's significance must be taught to modern-day Americans who carry on the fight to force our federal beast back inside its constitutional cage. ...
Fourteenth Amendment: Tool of Tyranny, but Was It Legally Ratified?
The Fourteenth Amendment is the tool that tyrants have used to construct much of the unconstitutional machinery that operates on the lives, liberty, and property of Americans today. ...
Rhode Island: First to Fight for Freedom, Last to Join the Union
Where is Rhode Island? That is not a question anyone at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 would have asked. Not because they didn’t want Rhode Island to be represented at the...