constitutional reform
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Today our federal government is gridlocked, dysfunctional, and in desperate need of repair.
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We know that any proposal for change, including reforms, will meet with opposition.
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Constitution
Arizona Legislature Hosts Balanced Budget Amendment Convention Planning Meeting
by Jesse Hathaway September 8, 2017Arizona’s legislature will host a national planning session, authorizing rules and procedures for an upcoming future national amendment convention.
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Heidi Holan, Illinois state director of ParentRights.org, joins the show to discuss the parental rights amendment and why it is needed today more than ever.
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Smart Democrats used to understand that elections are won and lost on bread and butter issues, like jobs, wages and economic vitality. You get the impression that boring stuff like…
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A guest post from Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey, who is emerging as a leader in the Article V movement. P.S. – In my guest column in The Commercial Appeal,…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLibertyPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Neal Schuerer on Article V Legislation
by Lindsey Stroud March 7, 2017In this Heartland Daily Podcast, Heartland’s government relations coordinator Lindsey Stroud talks with Neal Schuerer about his constitutional reform efforts through Article V of the United States Constitution. Article V…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
More on Article V Justiciability: Dyer v. Blair
by Michael Stern March 6, 2017In my last post on the justiciability of Article V cases, we discussed the Supreme Court’s 1939 decision in Coleman v. Miller and whether that decision would be applied broadly…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Coleman v. Miller and the Political Question Doctrine
by Michael Stern March 5, 2017Following on my last post, our analysis of the justiciability of claims related to the Article V convention will begin with Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939) and the…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
The Justiciability of Controversies Related to the Article V Convention
by Michael Stern March 4, 2017As you may know, there is increasing chatter about the possibility of Congress calling an Article V “convention for proposing amendments” (sometimes referred to, inaccurately, as a “constitutional convention”). Recently…
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The remote northern edge of the American Rocky Mountains, in northern Idaho and western Montana, is the last stronghold of the John Birch Society. These two States are where passage…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Let’s Fight the Enemy, Not Each Other
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 3, 2017All Article V proposals face a common enemy, the frightening spectre of a “runaway” Convention that somehow subverts our Constitution. This fantasy was originally ginned up in the 60’s by,…
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Heartland Daily Podcast – Barry Poulson: Article V Balanced Budget Amendment Resolutions
by Lindsey Stroud February 14, 2017In this Heartland Daily Podcast, Heartland’s government relations coordinator Lindsey Stroud talks with Dr. Barry Poulson on his constitutional reform efforts through Article V of the United States Constitution. Article…