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--- documents:cosproject:surge:article_10-finalconstitutionaloption [2018/03/21 22:39] – Oliver Wolcott
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 Quietly, he set to work.
-Before long, Natelson had acquired nearly all of the journals of founding-era conventions. This was added to his existing collection of material from each state’s ratification convention as each considered whether or not to ap-prove the proposed 1787 Constitution. A picture of early American convention tradition began to emerge.
+Before long, Natelson had acquired nearly all of the journals of founding-era conventions. This was added to his existing collection of material from each state’s ratification convention as each considered whether or not to approve the proposed 1787 Constitution. A picture of early American convention tradition began to emerge.
-Casting a wider net, he pulled in over 40 generally neglected Article V court decisions, some of which had been argued before the Supreme Court. In a series of publications, Natelson churned out his findings (available at [[www.articlevinfocenter.com|www.articlevinfocenter.com]]), which surprised many — including himself.
+Casting a wider net, he pulled in over 40 generally neglected Article V court decisions, some of which had been argued before the Supreme Court. In a series of publications, Natelson churned out his findings (available at {{www.articlevinfocenter.com|www.articlevinfocenter.com}}), which surprised many — including himself.
 The research quickly became the gold standard of scholarship about the process, known formally as the “State-Application-and-Convention” method of amending the Constitution.
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 Natelson held that, far from being a self-destruct mechanism, the Founders meant for the process to be used in parallel to the congressional method as yet another “check and balance” within the framework of the newly constituted federal government.