If Two States Convened
What if just two states set a time and place for delegates to discuss amendments to our Constitution? Several states have submitted applications to congress that call for limiting the… Read more »
Search Results for: If two states convened
A Senate of the States: July 27th – August 6th, 1787
The convention adjourned July 26th to offer time for a Committee of Detail to smooth the resolutions passed to date. In addition to its assigned duty, it occasionally added what… Read more »
Convention of States Simulation and Virginia Ratification
Over the course of my three years in support of an Article V State Convention to propose amendments, a regular fear expressed by Article V opponents is that the convention… Read more »
A Convention of States. Now.
The American republic is on its knees. No methodical and orderly process like that in Article V can keep up with the pace of unconstitutional executive branch and scotus derived… Read more »
November 8th, 2016 – America’s Third Machiavellian Moment
The typical characterization of Niccolo’ Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) today is that of a cold advocate of raw force from which his devious students, petty princes in small kingdoms, kept… Read more »
To Guarantee a Republican Form of Government
Scotus: The Third Political Branch. When Alexander Hamilton penned the 85th Federalist, Concluding Remarks, in August 1788, eleven states had ratified the Constitution. While there was no practical need to… Read more »
Whatever Happened to the Articles of Confederation? Part VI
Subtitle: Passing the Torch. Remarkably, despite the enormous pressure to disclose the goings on of the federal convention, its delegates managed to keep very close to their oaths of secrecy. In a… Read more »
Progressing the Constitution: One Man, One Vote II
If the 14th Amendment demands adherence to one-man-one-vote, the electoral college and US Senate operate in clear violation. Why didn’t scotus demand US Senate membership according to population? Because, unlike… Read more »
Government in Rebellion
The Latin rebellare means renewal of war. When a town or tribe was conquered and terms of peace agreed to, it was in rebellion if it violated its settlement with… Read more »
Article V and The Machiavellian Moment
Through a series of lessons arranged in three Books, the thrust of Niccolo’ Machiavelli‘s Discourses on Livy deals with how nations in general, and republics in particular, can design, keep,… Read more »