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Book SynopsisThis book describes the process of amending the federal constitution as defined in Article V by means of a convention for proposing amendments. It shows that the constitution can be amended in two ways: either by ratifying an amendment proposed by the Congress or by ratifying an amendment proposed by a convention. Article V requires the Congress to call a convention whenever the legislatures of two thirds of the states request one. The federal constitution has been amended twenty-seven times. All 27 amendments were proposed by the Congress. There has never been an Article V amendatory constitutional convention in the 230 year history of the nation.Over the years, every state in the union has asked for a convention at one time or another. Congress has never acknowledged those requests or evaluated them. The history of the 1787 constitutional convention in Philadelphia shows that the founders intended the Article V convention to be a means for the states to seek amendments which the Con
Table of ContentsPart I The Problem Chapter 1: Congress Shall, but Congress Won’t Chapter 2: We Can and We Will Chapter 3: The Ayes and Nays Chapter 4: Reasoning Together Part II The Agenda Chapter 5: Legislative Reform Chapter 6: Executive Reform Chapter 7: Judicial Reform Part III The Solution Chapter 8: Federalism Chapter 9: The Convention
