“While men without honor were waiting to test the unwritten Code of the West” (Roger Miller) When two people sit down to discuss the Constitution one reality becomes clear very quickly; either one is against it, and the other…
Tag: Article V
The Last Word on Nullification is that There is Never a Last Word
I sent a copy of Publius-Huldah’s excellent legal essay to my son, who gobbled it up and then took the occasion of his morning drive to call me about it. You see, he’s a fan of law prof Randy Barnett…
My Case for Nullification instead of an Article V Constitutional Convention
About a year ago I got involved in the Article V constitutional convention debate, such as there is one. I came at it through the back door, stemming from a debate between Mark Levin and Randy Barnett on one side, and Publius…
The Washington Gold Rush and Article V
As promised, this is my followup to Part II, (Selling Tainted Beef), which detailed some possible motivations behind why Article V promoters are so rudely trying to sell their “product”. By scoffing at and pushing aside any disagreement from fellow conservatives about their…
Article V, Selling Tainted Beef to the States
(Photo credit, Splitting the Herd by Frederic Remington, courtesy of Allen Ness) The Tucson Ring Almost everyone knows the story about Geronimo, how he broke out of the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona and went on a rampage before he…