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Comment on Fifty States, Not Six – Reforming the Election Process by The 2020 Redistricting Battle

The 2020 Redistricting Battle — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:44:49 +0000

[...] of the process may require a constitutional amendment. Such an amendment is discussed in my book Fifty States, Not Six. Of course, any chance of enacting that or any other amendment will require a reform of Article [...]

Comment on The Amendment Amendment by Constitutional law roundup - Mortgage Fraud Examiners

Constitutional law roundup - Mortgage Fraud Examiners — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:29:17 +0000

[...] new and better Article V? [proposal for an “amendment amendment“] Tags: Article V, constitutional law, guns, occupational licensure, petty fines and fees, [...]

Comment on The Amendment Amendment by Constitutional law roundup – John Culbreath

Constitutional law roundup – John Culbreath — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:46:40 +0000

[...] new and better Article V? [proposal for an “amendment amendment“] Tags: Article V, constitutional law, guns, occupational licensure, petty fines and fees, [...]

Comment on The Amendment Amendment by Constitutional law roundup - Overlawyered

Constitutional law roundup - Overlawyered — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:30:09 +0000

[...] A new and better Article V? [proposal for an “amendment amendment“] [...]

Comment on Fifty States, Not Six – Reforming the Election Process by Citizenship & Census: Immigration Unfairly Gives Cities Political Power – The News Pro

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:03:58 +0000

[...] of state legislatures and congressional seats even more than nationally. In my new book Fifty States, Not Six, I show how New York City has at least ten more seats in the 150-member assembly (the lower house [...]

Comment on The Amendment Amendment by The Supreme Court versus the Constitution - Kerala Lawyer

The Supreme Court versus the Constitution - Kerala Lawyer — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:59:46 +0000

[...] In his book Making Our Democracy Work, Justice Stephen Breyer has argued eloquently that the Supreme Court should seek in its decision-making to promote democratic governance. How does it promote democratic governance for unelected judges to supersede the explicitly democratic procedures of Article V? Why bother meeting the requirements of Article V if the Supreme Court can change the Constitution so much more easily? When we have a written Constitution that explicitly lays out the standards for amendment, the Court should give deference to those standards. The Supreme Court has no exemption from Article V and is as bound by it as much as by any other part of the Constitution. So if the procedure for amending the Constitution is too cumbersome, instead of the Court’s assuming the powers granted by Article V to the democratic departments of government, the more democratic solution would be for the justices to urge those democratic departments to reform Article V. [...]

Comment on About “Timely Renewed” by Ask the Candidates What They Will Do About the Supreme Court - Kerala Lawyer

Ask the Candidates What They Will Do About the Supreme Court - Kerala Lawyer — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:16:26 +0000

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