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| We Know the Rules: | We Know the Rules: |
| ====== Congress Does Not Control a Convention of States ====== | ====== Congress Does Not Control a Convention of States ====== |
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| Robert Kelly, J.D. | Robert Kelly, J.D. |
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| <BOOKMARK:i|1>Robert G. Natelson, //Founding-Era Conventions and the Meaning of// //the Constitution's "Convention// //for Proposing Amendments//,//" //65 FLA. L. REV. 615, 620 (2013). | <BOOKMARK:i>1. Robert G. Natelson, //Founding-Era Conventions and the Meaning of// //the Constitution's "Convention// //for Proposing Amendments//,//" //65 FLA. L. REV. 615, 620 (2013). |
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| <BOOKMARK:ii>//Id. //at 686-90;// see also //Robert G. Natelson,// Proposing Constitutional Amendments by Convention: Rules Governing the Process//, 78 TENN. L. REV. 693 (2011). | <BOOKMARK:ii>2. //Id. //at 686-90;// see also //Robert G. Natelson,// Proposing Constitutional Amendments by Convention: Rules Governing the Process//, 78 TENN. L. REV. 693 (2011). |
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| <BOOKMARK:iii>2 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 629-30 (Max Farrand ed., 1911). Madison recorded that the vote was unanimous. //Id.// at 630. | <BOOKMARK:iii>3. 2 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 629-30 (Max Farrand ed., 1911). Madison recorded that the vote was unanimous. //Id.// at 630. |
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| <BOOKMARK:iv>This phrase has deep historical roots. Virginia filed the very first application under Article V of the Constitution in 1788. The application called for "a convention of the states." 1 ANNALS OF CONG. 258-59 (J. Gales ed., 1834) (H.R., May 5, 1789) (reproducing Virginia's 1788 application for a convention). New York used the same term in the second application less than a year later. H.R. JOURNAL, 1st Cong., 1st Sess. 29-30 (1789) (reproducing New York's application for a convention). | <BOOKMARK:iv>4. This phrase has deep historical roots. Virginia filed the very first application under Article V of the Constitution in 1788. The application called for "a convention of the states." 1 ANNALS OF CONG. 258-59 (J. Gales ed., 1834) (H.R., May 5, 1789) (reproducing Virginia's 1788 application for a convention). New York used the same term in the second application less than a year later. H.R. JOURNAL, 1st Cong., 1st Sess. 29-30 (1789) (reproducing New York's application for a convention). |
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| <BOOKMARK:v>//Smith v. Union Bank//, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 518, 528 (1831). | <BOOKMARK:v>5. //Smith v. Union Bank//, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 518, 528 (1831). |
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