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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…