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| <BOOKMARK:i> 1. [[documents:answers:external:articlev-handbook#v_the_myth_of_a_runaway_convention|The runaway convention argument]] has long been touted by members of Eagle Forum and the John Birch Society. Constitutional attorney Michael Farris faced Andrew Schlafly, the son of Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, in a critical debate in New Jersey. The debate can be viewed in full here: http://conventionofstates.com/michael-farris-debates-andy-schlafly-new-jersey-2/. Since the debate many of the leaders of Eagle Forum and the John Birch Society have backed down from their claims that an Article V convention will [[documents:answers:external:articlev-handbook#v_the_myth_of_a_runaway_convention|“run away.”]] | <BOOKMARK:i> 1. [[documents:external:articlev-handbook#v_the_myth_of_a_runaway_convention|The runaway convention argument]] has long been touted by members of Eagle Forum and the John Birch Society. Constitutional attorney Michael Farris faced Andrew Schlafly, the son of Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, in a critical debate in New Jersey. The debate can be viewed in full here: http://conventionofstates.com/michael-farris-debates-andy-schlafly-new-jersey-2/. Since the debate many of the leaders of Eagle Forum and the John Birch Society have backed down from their claims that an Article V convention will [[documents:external:articlev-handbook#v_the_myth_of_a_runaway_convention|“run away.”]] |
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| <BOOKMARK:ii> 2. 3 THE RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787, at 559–63 (Max Farrand, ed. 1911). | <BOOKMARK:ii> 2. 3 THE RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787, at 559–63 (Max Farrand, ed. 1911). |
| <BOOKMARK:vi>6. See, e.g., FL. STAT. § 107.01–107.11; N.M. STAT. ANN. § 1-18-1; VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 17, §§ 1811–1825. | <BOOKMARK:vi>6. See, e.g., FL. STAT. § 107.01–107.11; N.M. STAT. ANN. § 1-18-1; VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 17, §§ 1811–1825. |
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| <BOOKMARK:vii> 7. As constitutional attorney Michael Farris notes, all 13 state legislatures approved the new ratification process for the Constitution, therefore the unanimity requirement of the Articles of Confederation was satisfied. Mr. Farris’s article is available here: http://conventionofstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Can-We-Trust-the-Constitution-2.01.pdf. | <BOOKMARK:vii> 7. As constitutional attorney Michael Farris notes, all 13 state legislatures approved the new ratification process for the Constitution, therefore the unanimity requirement of the Articles of Confederation was satisfied. Mr. Farris’s article is available here: \\ [[documents:answers:can_we_trust_the_constitution|Can We Trust the Constituton (Wiki)]] \\ and here: http://conventionofstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Can-We-Trust-the-Constitution-2.01.pdf.(PDF) |
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| <BOOKMARK:viii> 8. No provision in the Articles of Confederation says anything about a convention. Moreover, the Articles explicitly disclaimed the idea of implied powers. [[historicaldocuments:articlesofconfederation#art_ii|ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, art. II]]. As the result, the only possible legal basis for the Constitutional Convention and other conventions of the time was the reserved sovereign authority of the states. | <BOOKMARK:viii> 8. No provision in the Articles of Confederation says anything about a convention. Moreover, the Articles explicitly disclaimed the idea of implied powers. [[historicaldocuments:articlesofconfederation#art_ii|ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, art. II]]. As the result, the only possible legal basis for the Constitutional Convention and other conventions of the time was the reserved sovereign authority of the states. |
| <BOOKMARK:xiii> 13. 2 FARRAND’S RECORDS 629–30. | <BOOKMARK:xiii> 13. 2 FARRAND’S RECORDS 629–30. |
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