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- | It’s time to dust off the tool the Founders gave us in Article V. | + | {{: |
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- | **The Article V Solution — Demystifying a Dusty Tool** | + | ===== The Article V Solution — Demystifying a Dusty Tool ===== |
**Rita Dunaway, Esq., National Legislative Strategist for the Convention of States Project** | **Rita Dunaway, Esq., National Legislative Strategist for the Convention of States Project** | ||
- | Perhaps the most unifying conservative trait is the conviction that our Founding Fathers designed an ingenious federal | + | Perhaps the most unifying conservative trait is the conviction that our Founding Fathers designed an ingenious federal |
- | Because Article V’s amendment-propos-ing | + | Because Article V’s amendment-proposing |
- | {{article_18-demystifyingdustytool_Image_1.jpg}} | + | Article V opponents accuse proponents of being reckless with the Constitution. They say we have no idea how a convention would work, who would choose the delegates, how votes would be apportioned, |
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- | shrouded in mystery, riddled with unan-swerable questions, and therefore best left alone. Some have literally labeled it a “Pandora’s Box,” the opening of which would unleash all manner of evil upon our beleaguered nation. | + | |
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- | Article V opponents accuse proponents of being reckless with the Constitution. They say we have no idea how a convention would work, who would choose the dele-gates, how votes would be apportioned, | + | |
My task today is to remove the shroud of mysticism by revealing what we do know about an Article V convention from its text, context, historical precedent, and simple logic. | My task today is to remove the shroud of mysticism by revealing what we do know about an Article V convention from its text, context, historical precedent, and simple logic. | ||
- | For starters, we know that the Founders’ whole purpose for including the conven-tion | + | For starters, we know that the Founders’ whole purpose for including the convention |
- | An early draft of Article V vested Congress with the sole power to propose | + | An early draft of Article V vested Congress with the sole power to propose |
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- | The “unanswerable” | + | |
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We also know from history that voting at an Article V convention would be done on a one-state, one-vote basis. This is the universal precedent set by the 32 inter-state conventions that occurred prior to the Constitution’s drafting. It explains why it was unnecessary for Article V to specify the number of delegates to be sent by each state; the states can send as many delegates as they like, but each state only gets one vote. | We also know from history that voting at an Article V convention would be done on a one-state, one-vote basis. This is the universal precedent set by the 32 inter-state conventions that occurred prior to the Constitution’s drafting. It explains why it was unnecessary for Article V to specify the number of delegates to be sent by each state; the states can send as many delegates as they like, but each state only gets one vote. | ||
- | We know that state legislatures choose and instruct their convention delegates, who act as agents of the state legislatures. Again, this is a matter of universal | + | We know that state legislatures choose and instruct their convention delegates, who act as agents of the state legislatures. Again, this is a matter of universal |
- | On Nov. 14, 1788, the Virginia General Assembly filed the very first application for | + | On Nov. 14, 1788, the Virginia General Assembly filed the very first application for an Article V Convention to propose a Bill of Rights, aptly branding the convention “a convention of the States” to be composed of “deputies from the several States.” |
- | {{article_18-demystifyingdustytool_Image_3.jpg}} | + | Because Congress ultimately used its own Article V power to propose a Bill of Rights, that meeting was rendered unnecessary. But the application demonstrates the contemporaneous understanding that the convention process was state-led. The Supreme Court has likewise referred to the process as a “convention of states.” |
- | an Article V Convention to propose a Bill of Rights, aptly branding | + | Finally, we know that the topic specified in the convention applications does matter. Over 400 applications for an Article V convention have been filed since the drafting |
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- | Finally, we know that the topic specified in the convention applications does matter. Over 400 applications for an Article V convention have been filed since the draft-ing of the Constitution. The reason we have never had one is because there have never been 34 applications seeking a con-vention for the same purpose. The state applications contain the agenda for an Article V convention, and until 34 states | + | The “unanswerable” questions about Article |
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- | Because the authority for an Article V con-vention is derived from the 34 state applications that trigger it, the topic for amendments specified in those applica-tions is a binding limitation on the scope of the convention. | + | |
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- | The “unanswerable” questions about Arti-cle | + | |
It’s time to dust off the tool the Founders gave us in Article V and get started. | It’s time to dust off the tool the Founders gave us in Article V and get started. | ||
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