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11 Dec 2015, 11:30 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
Parts I to V of this series discussed the background and nature of the Constitution’s “Convention for proposing Amendments. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 10:51 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
Although there has not been a convention for proposing amendments, there has been a considerable amount of other amendment activity. [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 8:03 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
During the century and a half after the Constitution’s ratification, the states repeatedly applied to Congress for an amendments convention. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 8:06 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
The commissioners who met in Philadelphia to propose a plan to render the American political system “adequate to the exigencies of the union” decided early in the proceedings to add a mechanism for amendment. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 12:40 pm by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
You may have heard of campaigns to obtain constitutional amendments by persuading state legislatures to apply for what the Constitution calls a “Convention for proposing Amendments. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 12:20 pm by Eugene Volokh
I’m delighted to report that Robert Natelson will be guest-blogging this week about constitutional conventions, a matter that has come up on many occasions over the past years. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 7:56 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
[From Eugene Volokh: Following up on Professor Robert Natelson’s series of posts last week on the Constitution’s original meaning, here’s one more, though dealing with qualifications for office rather than financial matters.] [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 6:13 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
This is the last of four posts that discuss the original legal force of the terms the Constitution employs to denote financial exactions. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 6:11 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
” A succession of courts and commentators, culminating in Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion in NFIB v. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 6:29 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
In this series of four posts, I discuss the original legal force of the terms the Constitution employs to denote financial exactions. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 11:39 am by Robert Natelson (guest-blogging)
The Constitution authorizes Congress to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” (Art. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 11:15 am by Eugene Volokh
I’m delighted to report that Robert Natelson, who retired a few years ago from the University of Montana School of Law and who is now Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute, will be guest-blogging this week about the original meaning of the Constitution’s financial terms — “tax,” “direct tax,” “impost,” “excise,” “tonnage” and “duty. [read post]