In this episode, the National Constitution Center launches its Article V Project, a new initiative exploring the founders’ vision for Article V and an historical look at the use of the Article V process from 1789 to the present. Project contributors and constitutional law experts Gerard Magliocca, Sanford Levinson, Michael Rappaport, and Stephen Sachs explore the origins, debates, and ongoing challenges surrounding Article V in this conversation about their new essays.Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
This program is presented in conjunction with the Article V Project, made possible by Democracy Restated.
Resources
Article V: Amending the Constitution
Gerard Magliocca, Report: Article V Constitutional Conventions
Sanford Levinson, Reflections on the Possibility of a New Constitutional Convention
Michael B. Rappaport, The Convention Method for Proposing Amendments: Essential, Misunderstood, and Broken
Stephen E. Sachs, Restoring Conventions, One Amendment at a Time
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