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Anonymous blogger Publius Huldah attacks the Founder' | Anonymous blogger Publius Huldah attacks the Founder' | ||
- | Huldah betrays her lack of credibility in the opening line of her email when she says there is no such thing as a Convention of States. Contrary to her assumption, that phrase is not a fabrication of ours. It comes from the very first Article V application which was filed by the state of Virginia in 1789.((1. 1 ANNALS OF CONG. 258-59 (J. Gales, Sr. ed., 1834) (H.R. May 5, 1789), available at [[http:// | + | Huldah betrays her lack of credibility in the opening line of her email when she says there is no such thing as a Convention of States. Contrary to her assumption, that phrase is not a fabrication of ours. It comes from the very first Article V application which was filed by the state of Virginia in 1789. ((1 ANNALS OF CONG. 258-59 (J. Gales, Sr. ed., 1834) (H.R. May 5, 1789), available at [[http:// |
The bulk of her article is a giant ad hominem directed against our organization and Professor Robert Natelson. Behind all this bluster, her argument rests on two easily refuted facts: (1) the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a runaway convention, and (2) James Madison had concerns that Article V didn't lay out the convention process in sufficient detail. I have already debunked the first claim as a myth in my response to Mr. DeWeese, so here I will focus on the second. | The bulk of her article is a giant ad hominem directed against our organization and Professor Robert Natelson. Behind all this bluster, her argument rests on two easily refuted facts: (1) the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a runaway convention, and (2) James Madison had concerns that Article V didn't lay out the convention process in sufficient detail. I have already debunked the first claim as a myth in my response to Mr. DeWeese, so here I will focus on the second. | ||
- | It is true that at the Constitutional Convention Madison raised some questions about "the form, quorum, & | + | It is true that at the Constitutional Convention Madison raised some questions about "the form, quorum, & |
As it turns out, the Founders strongly supported it. In fact, Madison later expressed his staunch support for [[historicaldocuments: | As it turns out, the Founders strongly supported it. In fact, Madison later expressed his staunch support for [[historicaldocuments: | ||
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