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| blog:how_the_states_have_used_conventions_and_the_amendment_process_to_promote_reform [2015/12/24 23:21] – created Oliver Wolcott | blog:how_the_states_have_used_conventions_and_the_amendment_process_to_promote_reform [2015/12/25 00:14] – Oliver Wolcott |
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| | //In the third edition of his 6-part series on Article V, Rob Natelson explains how Article V conventions have impacted national reform efforts.// \\ |
| //In the third edition of his 6-part series on Article V, Rob Natelson explains how Article V conventions have impacted national reform efforts.// | [ [[blog:the_history_you_need_to_know_to_understand_the_article_v_process|Part 1]] - [[blog:how_the_founders_inserted_the_amendments_convention_into_the_constitution|Part 2]] - [[blog:how_the_states_have_used_conventions_and_the_amendment_process_to_promote_reform|Part 3]] - [[blog:how_the_judiciary_s_decision_shed_light_on_the_federal_amendments_convention|Part 4]] - [[blog:how_the_convention_for_proposing_amendments_became_the_subject_of_popular_mythology|Part 5]] - [[blog:how_the_procedures_for_a_modern_amendments_convention_may_unfold|Part 6]] ] |
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| During the century and a half after the Constitution's ratification, the states [[http://liberty.i2i.org/files/2012/03/IP_5_2011_c.pdf|repeatedly applied to Congress]] for an amendments convention. Although they never reached the threshold of two-thirds on any particular subject — and therefore never forced Co[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/09/how-the-states-have-used-conventions-and-the-amendment-process-to-promote-reform/|n]]gress to call a convention — they did enjoy some success in forcing constitutional change. | During the century and a half after the Constitution's ratification, the states [[http://liberty.i2i.org/files/2012/03/IP_5_2011_c.pdf|repeatedly applied to Congress]] for an amendments convention. Although they never reached the threshold of two-thirds on any particular subject — and therefore never forced Co[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/09/how-the-states-have-used-conventions-and-the-amendment-process-to-promote-reform/|n]]gress to call a convention — they did enjoy some success in forcing constitutional change. |
