An Article V Convention of States as a C onstitutional Initiative at the Federal Level

Tomasz Wieciech

Abstract


Under Article V, Congress shall call a convention on the application of two-thirds of state legislatures. Convention of states has never been called, despite a number of attempts. An Article V convention has become a specific form of constitutional initiative at the federal level. It serves primarily as a convenient way to pressure Congress to propose an amendment and not to actually make federal legislature call a convention. Such a use of an Article V convention has not been very effective and only rarely proved to be successful.


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United States, constitutional amendment procedure, convention of states

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/teka.2018.13.1.71-83
Date of publication: 2018-12-19 11:40:41
Date of submission: 2018-12-19 10:36:39


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