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documents:answers:if_congress_refuses_call [2015/10/31 22:23] – ↷ Page moved from authoring:cospwiki:answers:if_congress_refuses_call to documents:answers:if_congress_refuses_call Oliver Wolcottdocuments:answers:if_congress_refuses_call [2015/12/24 22:14] Oliver Wolcott
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 ======What If Congress Refuses to Call a Convention?====== ======What If Congress Refuses to Call a Convention?======
  
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 Some have suggested that Congress might simply refuse to call an Article V Convention of the States, even if it receives 34 applications from state legislatures for a convention. While we agree that Congress is generally disinclined to relinquish its own power (which is precisely why an Article V Convention is necessary), it is a settled matter of constitutional law that Congress must call the Convention upon receipt of the requisite 34 applications on the same subject matter. <sup>[[#i|(1)]]</sup> Some have suggested that Congress might simply refuse to call an Article V Convention of the States, even if it receives 34 applications from state legislatures for a convention. While we agree that Congress is generally disinclined to relinquish its own power (which is precisely why an Article V Convention is necessary), it is a settled matter of constitutional law that Congress must call the Convention upon receipt of the requisite 34 applications on the same subject matter. <sup>[[#i|(1)]]</sup>
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 <BOOKMARK:ii> 2. Roberts v. United States, 176 U.S. 221, 230 (1900); see also Powell v. McCormick, 395 U.S. 486 (1969) (issuing a declaratory judgment to reinstate an improperly evicted member of Congress); Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) (rejecting state's claim that its legislature and governor were not bound by a federal court's injunction). <BOOKMARK:ii> 2. Roberts v. United States, 176 U.S. 221, 230 (1900); see also Powell v. McCormick, 395 U.S. 486 (1969) (issuing a declaratory judgment to reinstate an improperly evicted member of Congress); Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) (rejecting state's claim that its legislature and governor were not bound by a federal court's injunction).
  
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