Aug 22 2022
Convention of States - Part 2
In this episode Carmela continues to explore the proposed Article V Convention of the States recently contemplated in the Pennsylvania Legislature. The purpose of this exploration is to provide you the necessary historical evidence to evaluate the proposal and come to your own conclusion on the merits. Sources: Amending America: If We Love the Constitution So Much, why Do We Keep Trying to Change It? By Richard B. Bernstein, Jerome Agel, Time Books, 1993Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Volume 40, Number 1, April 2017. Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Constitution Was Not The Product of a Runaway Convention By Michael Farrishttp://www.harvard-jlpp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/03/Farris_FINAL.pdfThe Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal ConstitutionVolume 1, By James Madison, United States. Constitutional Convention 1836https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Debates_in_the_Several_State_Convent/ZF00AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP11&printsec=frontcoverThe Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009.https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-00-00-02Annals of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.htmlProposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederationhttp://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1587 Rhode Island in the Continental Congress: With the Journal of the Convention that Adopted the Constitution By William Read Stapleshttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZegKpSs4Km4C&lpg=PR46&ots=_v1oJJEXk1&dq=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&pg=PR46#v=onepage&q=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&f=falseThe American Constitution – A Documentary Record – Ratification and Formation of the Governmenthttps://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.aspConvention of Stateshttps://conventionofstates.com/