The John Birch Society v. We the People Part I
Subtitle: Correct the Defects. When it comes to its talking points, The John Birch Society (JBS) is thick with assertions and thin with evidence and history. For instance, the JBS… Read more »
Tag: Convention of States
To Enforce the Constitution We Have
Subtitle: Render the Constitution Enforceable. While we enjoy yet another year of the Trump Renaissance, we should still consider the future. One thing is certain. The Trump era ends no… Read more »
Jaywalking with Convention of States Opponents
When did a republic extricate itself from imminent tyranny through the election of better or more virtuous people? Perhaps Article V COS opponents will point to the election of President… Read more »
Machiavelli, President Trump, and the Deep State
Subtitle: A Government of Others. Chapter 16 to Book I of Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy is a handy field guide to President Trump’s cagefight with the Deep State. Few politicians… Read more »
Article V Congressional Amendments or a Convention of States?
In the latter half of 1788 the man whom history praised as the “Father of the Constitution” opposed an Article V general convention of the states. Recall from last week’s… Read more »
Join the State Legislators Article V Caucus
I’ve found the State Legislators Article V Caucus website to be an invaluable resource for keeping up with the latest goings-on in the Article V Convention of States movement. Anyone… Read more »
Action: Email These Utah Senators
Convention of States volunteers received an email this morning from COS. The Utah senate recently “refused to act courageously and hold a re-call vote on the Convention of States resolution.”… Read more »
The New Americana vs. James Madison
Raise your hand if you knew that James Madison opposed the second method in Article V to amend the Constitution. The New Americana (TNA) recently published a misleading and insult-laden… 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 »
On the Inevitable Changes to Republican Forms
If there is one aspect of the crisis that Convention of States supporters and opponents can agree on, is that our governing institutions have been corrupted from their constitutional purposes… Read more »